kerja

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Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian kerja.

Verb

kerja

  1. to work

References

Icelandic

Noun

kerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ker

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay kerja, from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kərˈd͡ʒa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ker‧ja

Noun

kêrja (first-person possessive kerjaku, second-person possessive kerjamu, third-person possessive kerjanya)

  1. work:
    1. labour, occupation, job.
      Synonym: pekerjaan
    2. (physics) a measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance.
      Synonym: usaha
    3. (physics, more generally) a measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
      Synonym: usaha
  2. action: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
    Synonym: aksi

Verb

kêrja

  1. (colloquial) to work
    Synonym: bekerja

Conjugation

Conjugation of kerja (ber-, intransitive)
Root kerja
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative 		Jussive
Active bekerja kerja kerjalah
Locative mengerjai tekerjai dikerjai kerjai kerjailah
Causative / Applicative1 mengerjakan tekerjakan dikerjakan kerjakan kerjakanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mempekerjakan teperkerjakan dipekerjakan pekerjakan pekerjakanlah
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → As: kerja

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kerja

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦂꦗ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit कार्य (kārya), doublet of karya. Compare Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kajja) and Bengali কার্য (karjo). Displaced gawai.

Pronunciation

Noun

kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا, plural kerja-kerja, informal 1st possessive kerjaku, 2nd possessive kerjamu, 3rd possessive kerjanya)

  1. work; occupation
  2. job; task
    Synonym: tugasan

Verb

kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا)

  1. to work

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کرج kĕrdja”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 80
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کرج kĕrja”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 511
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kĕrja”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 441

Further reading

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