Indonesian

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From Malay mereka, from earlier mareka, from Old Javanese marika. Displaced Proto-Malayic *sida(ʔ) (whence Iban sida).

Pronoun

edit

mêreka

  1. third person plural pronoun: they, them, their
    Mereka akan mengunjungi rumah kita.
    They will visit our house.
    Sekolah mereka bersih.
    Their school is clean.
See also
edit
Indonesian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person exclusive regular aku,
saya1
kami
enclitic -ku -
proclitic ku- -
1st person inclusive - kita
2nd person regular kamu,
Anda2,
kau3
kalian,
Anda2,
Anda sekalian2
enclitic -mu -
3rd person regular dia,
beliau4,
ia3
mereka
enclitic -nya -
reflexive diri5, diri sendiri
emphatic sendiri
1 Polite.
2 Formal.
3 Now mostly literary.
4 Respectful.

5 Sometimes used as an emphatic marker instead of being reflexive.
Notes:
  • This table only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language.
  • The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
  • The enclitics are only used obliquely (object or possessor), while the proclitic is only used as a subject.
See each entry for more information.

Etymology 2

edit

From reka (to arrange, create).

Verb

edit

mêreka

  1. active of reka

Further reading

edit

Malay

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From Old Javanese marika.

Pronoun

edit

mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)

  1. they

References

edit
  • Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[1], Pacific Linguistics, →DOI

Etymology 2

edit

me- +‎ reka

Verb

edit

mereka

  1. active of reka