kerja
AsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Indonesian kerja.
VerbEdit
kerja
- to work
ReferencesEdit
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
IcelandicEdit
NounEdit
kerja
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Malay kerja, from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kêrja (first-person possessive kerjaku, second-person possessive kerjamu, third-person possessive kerjanya)
- work:
VerbEdit
kêrja
- (colloquial) to work
- Synonym: bekerja
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of kerja (ber-, intransitive) | |||||
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Root | kerja | ||||
Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
Active | bekerja | – | – | kerja | kerjalah |
Locative | mengerjai | terkerjai | dikerjai | kerjai | kerjailah |
Causative / Applicative1 | mengerjakan | terkerjakan | dikerjakan | kerjakan | kerjakanlah |
Causative | |||||
Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
Causative / Applicative1 | memperkerjakan | terperkerjakan | diperkerjakan | perkerjakan | perkerjakanlah |
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → As: kerja
Further readingEdit
- “kerja” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا, plural kerja-kerja, informal 1st possessive kerjaku, 2nd possessive kerjamu, 3rd possessive kerjanya)
VerbEdit
kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا)
- to work
Derived termsEdit
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:
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “kerja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.