kerja

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Indonesian kerja.

Verb

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kerja

  1. to work

References

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Icelandic

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Noun

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kerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ker

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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kêrja

  1. (colloquial) to work
    Synonym: bekerja

Conjugation

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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

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Descendants

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  • → As: kerja

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kerja

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦂꦗ

Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا)

  1. to work

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pekerja (“worker”) [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
  • pekerjaan (“occupation”) [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
  • pengerjaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • kerjaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • mengerjakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • dikerjakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
  • memperkerjakan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • diperkerjakan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

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References

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  • 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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