tinggalkan

Tinggalkan is an Indonesian verb that means to leave, abandon, or leave behind. It is transitive, commonly used with a direct object to indicate that someone causes a person, place, or thing to be left somewhere or to be omitted.

The word is formed from the root tinggal, which means to stay or remain, with the suffix -kan to create a transitive verb. In everyday usage, tinggalkan often conveys actively causing someone or something to be left behind, or to omit something from a consideration or passage. The imperative form is tinggalkan, used to give direct commands such as “Tinggalkan dia” (Leave him/her) or “Tinggalkan barang itu di meja” (Leave that item on the table). In non-imperative contexts, the corresponding verb is meninggalkan, which describes the act of having left or abandoned.

Usage notes and examples:

- Tinggalkan barang itu di meja. (Leave that item on the table.)

- Jangan tinggalkan saya di sini. (Don’t leave me here.)

- Mereka meninggalkan kota itu setelah gempa. (They left the city after the earthquake.)

- Anda sebaiknya tinggalkan bagian ini dari laporan jika tidak relevan. (You should omit this part from the report if it is not relevant.)

Tinggalkan can also imply abandoning a place, a relationship, or a practice, or simply omitting something from consideration. It is widely used in both spoken and written Indonesian, with meninggalkan serving as the more general past or ongoing action in formal contexts.

See also: tinggal, meninggalkan, meninggal (related forms and antonyms).