jalan-jalan

English

Alternative forms

• jalan jalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay jalan-jalan.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒalan ˌd͡ʒalan/

Verb

jalan-jalan (invariable)

1. (Singlish, Manglish) To take a walk, to go for a stroll.

   Synonym: (Singlish) gai gai

   • 2023, Agnes Chew, Eternal Summer of My Homeland, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 25:

     […] he should know better than to go jalan jalan now.

Indonesian

Etymology

Reduplication of jalan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒalan ˈd͡ʒalan/ [ˌd͡ʒa.laɲ ˈd͡ʒa.lan]
• Rhymes: -alan
• Syllabification: ja‧lan-ja‧lan

Noun

jalan-jalan

1. Plural of jalan (“road”)

Verb

jalan-jalan

1. (colloquial) alternative form of berjalan-jalan

Further reading

• “jalan-jalan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Reduplication of jalan.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒalan ˈd͡ʒalan/ [ˌd͡ʒa.laɲ ˈd͡ʒa.lan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: ja‧lan-ja‧lan

Noun

jalan-jalan

1. Plural of jalan (“road”)

Verb

jalan-jalan

1. Infinitive of berjalan-jalan (“to go for a stroll”)

   Synonym: pusing

Descendants

• → English: jalan-jalan