All wordsjauhmenjauhkanPlay pronunciation.menjauhkanL3Less commonMeanings1to keep away; to move something or someone farther from a place or personVerb2to distance oneself from; to avoid involvement withVerb3to avert or ward off; to prevent something undesirableVerbFormalExamplesPlay pronunciation.Ibu menjauhkan pisau dari jangkauan anak kecil di dapur.A1Mother kept away the knife from the small child's reach in the kitchen.Play pronunciation.Saya menjauhkan botol kaca itu dari tepi meja.A2I move the glass bottle away from the edge of the table.Word familySurfacemen-jauh-kan→menjauhkanPatternmeN-root-kanmeN- is realized here as men-.Other family formssejauhse-as far as; up to a distance ofjauhi-ito keep away from; to distance oneself fromjauhkan-kanto keep something/someone away; to put at a distancedijauhidi-root-ito be kept away from; distanced fromdijauhkandi-root-kanto be kept away; to be distancedmenjauhimeN-root-ito distance oneself fromberjauhanber-root-anto be far apart; to be separated by a distance