per- -kan

Indonesian

Etymology

Combination of per- + -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pər- -kan/
• Hyphenation: pêr‧kan

Circumfix

pêr- -kan (active memper- -kan, passive diper- -kan, involuntary/perfective passive teper- -kan)

1. used to indicate transitive causative benefactive (sometimes imperative) aspect of a verb
2. used to indicate transitive causative applicative (sometimes imperative) aspect of a verb
   • lihat (“to see”) → perlihatkan (“cause (someone) to see”)

Usage notes

• Like many other affixes in Indonesian, this affix can transitivize a verb that are intransitive.
• When this suffix is combined with the prefixes meng-, di-, ter-, and ke-, the imperative aspect is lost.

Derived terms

Indonesian terms circumfixed with per- -kan