mereka
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Malay mereka, from Classical Malay mareka, from Old Javanese marika.
PronounEdit
mereka (third-person plural pronoun)
- they; them
- Toto bertemu dengan Amir di jalan, lalu mereka pergi bersama-sama ke sekolah. ― Toto met with Amir at the street, then they went to school together.
- their
- Rumah mereka besar. ― Their house is big.
Etymology 2Edit
From Malay mereka. Equivalent to meng- + reka.
VerbEdit
mereka
Further readingEdit
- “mereka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /mərekə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /məreka/
- Rhymes: -ekə, -kə, -ə
Audio (MY, Johor-Selangor) (file)
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Javanese marika.
PronounEdit
mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)
ReferencesEdit
- Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[1], Pacific Linguistics
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
mereka