tidurkan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of tidur +‎ -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈdʊr.kan/
• Hyphenation: ti‧dur‧kan
• Rhymes: -kan, -an, -n

Verb

tidurkan (active menidurkan, passive ditidurkan, perfective passive tertidurkan)

1. (transitive) to put to sleep
   1. to cause (someone) to sleep

      Wanita itu menidurkan bayinya dengan membuainya.

      The woman put the baby to sleep by cradling him.

   2. to help (someone) to bed; put to bed
   3. (informal, uncommon) to kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection; to euthanize

      Synonym: bius

2. (transitive, figurative, rare) to demolish (to destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion)

   Synonyms: robohkan, rebahkan

Further reading

• “menidurkan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.