melibat

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of libat +‎ meng-.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈlibat/ [məˈli.bat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ibat
  • Syllabification: me‧li‧bat

Noun

melibat (active melibat, reflexive passive terlibat, ordinary passive dilibat)

  1. to wrap up
  2. to bandage, to dress (a wound).
  3. to wind, to fold around.
  4. to involve in, to implicate in; to draw (into); to include (in).

Conjugation

Conjugation of libat (meng-, transitive)
root libat
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative melibat terlibat dilibat – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 melibatkan – dilibatkan libatkan libatkanlah
causative
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 – – – – –

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

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