boikot

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English boycott, originating from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈboi̯kot/ [ˈboi̯.kot̪]
• Rhymes: -oi̯kot
• Syllabification: boi‧kot

Noun

boikot (first-person possessive boikotku, second-person possessive boikotmu, third-person possessive boikotnya)

1. boycott

Verb

boikot

1. (transitive) to boycott (to abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest)

Conjugation

Conjugation of boikot (meng-, transitive)
Root	boikot
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	memboikot	terboikot	diboikot	boikot	boikotlah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	memboikotkan	terboikotkan	diboikotkan	boikotkan	boikotkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	memperboikotkan	terperboikotkan	diperboikotkan	perboikotkan	perboikotkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• pemboikot
• pemboikotan