keliling

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay keliling, from Classical Malay keliling, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuliliŋ (“round about, around, in one’s surroundings; go around”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ke‧li‧ling

Noun

keliling (first-person possessive kelilingku, second-person possessive kelilingmu, third-person possessive kelilingnya)

  1. (geometry) circumference

Derived terms

Preposition

keliling

  1. around

Verb

keliling

  1. to go around

Conjugation

Conjugation of keliling (ber-, intransitive)
Root keliling
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active berkeliling keliling
Locative mengelilingi dikelilingi kelilingi kelilingilah
Causative / Applicative1 mengelilingkan kelilingkan kelilingkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
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.

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuliliŋ (“round about, around, in one’s surroundings; go around”). Compare Banjarese kuliling, Kendayan kuikng.

Pronunciation

Noun

keliling (Jawi spelling کليليڠ, informal 1st possessive kelilingku, 2nd possessive kelilingmu, 3rd possessive kelilingnya)

  1. surroundings

Verb

keliling (Jawi spelling کليليڠ)

  1. to surround
    Suspek sekarang dikelilingi oleh anggota polis.
    The suspect is now being surrounded by police forces.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: keliling

Further reading

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