minta-minta

Indonesian

Etymology

Reduplication of minta.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌminta ˈminta/ [ˌmin̪.t̪a ˈmin̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -inta
  • Syllabification: min‧ta-min‧ta

Verb

minta-minta (active meminta-minta, passive diminta-minta, imperative minta-minta, emphatic-jussive minta-mintalah)

  1. (transitive) to ask or request repeatedly
  2. (transitive) to beg (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money)
  3. (transitive) to beg (to plead with someone for help)

Conjugation

Conjugation of minta-minta (meng-, transitive)
root minta-minta
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative meminta-minta diminta-minta minta-minta minta-mintalah
accusative / dative / locative meminta-mintai diminta-mintai minta-mintai minta-mintailah
perfective causative / applicative2 meminta-mintakan diminta-mintakan minta-mintakan minta-mintakanlah
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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