mereka

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˈreka/ [məˈre.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: me‧re‧ka

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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

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

From reka (“to arrange, create”).

Verb

mêreka

1. active of reka

Further reading

• “mereka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /mərekə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /məreka/
• Rhymes: -ekə, -kə, -ə

• Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Selangor):

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Etymology 1

From Old Javanese marika.

Pronoun

mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)

1. they

References

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

Etymology 2

me- +‎ reka

Verb

mereka

1. active of reka