mengurangi
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay mengurangi. Equivalent to kurang + meng- -i.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məŋuˈraŋi/ [mə.ŋuˈra.ŋi]
- Rhymes: -aŋi
- Syllabification: me‧ngu‧ra‧ngi
Verb
mêngurangi
- (active voice, transitive) to reduce
- Saya ingin mengurangi gaji Anda
- I want to reduce your salary.
- (active voice, transitive) to subtract
- Saya mengurangi biaya perjalanan Anda menjadi Rp1.000.000.
- I subtract your travel cost to Rp1,000,000.
Further reading
- “mengurangi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016