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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈre.ka/
- Hyphenation: mê‧re‧ka
- Rhymes: -ka, -a
Etymology 1
From Malay mereka, from Classical Malay mareka, from Old Javanese marika.
Pronoun
mêreka (third-person plural pronoun)
- they; them
- Toto bertemu dengan Amir di jalan, lalu mereka pergi bersama-sama ke sekolah. ― Toto met with Amir at the street, then they went to school together.
- their
- Rumah mereka besar. ― Their house is big.
Etymology 2
From Malay mereka. Equivalent to meng- + reka.
Verb
mereka
- creating
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Javanese marika.
Pronoun
mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)
- they
References
- Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology, Pacific Linguistics, →DOI
Etymology 2
me- + reka
Verb
mereka
- creating