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kerja

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Indonesian kerja.

Verb

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kerja

  1. to work

References

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Icelandic

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Noun

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kerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ker

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay kerja, from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kərˈd͡ʒa/ [kərˈd͡ʒa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ker‧ja

Noun

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kêrja (plural kerja-kerja)

  1. work:
    1. labour, occupation, job.
      Synonym: pekerjaan
    2. (physics) a measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance.
      Synonym: usaha
    3. (physics, more generally) a measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
      Synonym: usaha
  2. action: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
    Synonym: aksi

Verb

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kêrja

  1. (colloquial) to work
    Synonym: bekerja

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kerja (ber-, intransitive)
root kerja
active involuntary passive basic /
imperative 		emphatic /
jussive
active bekerja kerja kerjalah
locative mengerjai tekerjai dikerjai kerjai kerjailah
causative / applicative1 mengerjakan tekerjakan dikerjakan kerjakan kerjakanlah
causative
active
locative
causative / applicative1 mempekerjakan teperkerjakan dipekerjakan pekerjakan pekerjakanlah

1 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.


Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → As: kerja

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kerja

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦂꦗ

Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit कार्य (kārya), doublet of karya. Compare Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kajja) and Bengali কার্য (karjo). Displaced gawai.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا, plural kerja-kerja, informal 1st possessive kerjaku, 2nd possessive kerjamu, 3rd possessive kerjanya)

  1. work; occupation
  2. job; task
    Synonym: tugasan

Verb

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kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا)

  1. to work

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pekerja (“worker”) [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
  • pekerjaan (“occupation”) [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
  • pengerjaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • kerjaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • mengerjakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • dikerjakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • memperkerjakan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • diperkerjakan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

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References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کرج kĕrdja”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 80
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کرج kĕrja”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 511
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kĕrja”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 441

Further reading

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