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 (plural keliling-keliling)

  1. (geometry) circumference
  2. perimeter

Conjugation

Conjugation of keliling (ber-, intransitive)
root keliling
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative berkeliling kelilinglah
accusative / dative / locative mengelilingi dikelilingi kelilingi kelilingilah
perfective causative / applicative2 mengelilingkan dikelilingkan kelilingkan kelilingkanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Preposition

keliling

  1. around

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)

  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

Descendants

  • Indonesian: keliling

Further reading