menelantarkan

• (nonstandard, proscribed): menerlantarkan, menterlantarkan, mentelantarkan

From meng- +‎ telantar +‎ -kan.

• Hyphenation: me‧ne‧lan‧tar‧kan

menelantarkan

1. (transitive) to abandon, to desert (to cease to support or look after someone)
2. (transitive) to neglect, to put aside (to fail to care for or attend to something)

   Synonyms: membengkalaikan, mengalpakan

Although terlantar is commonly used by speakers, the affixing of the word as menterlantarkan is very rare in practice. This anomaly occurs due to some speakers' lack of knowledge in distinguishing between affixed words and base words.

• “menelantarkan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.