keliling

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): [kəˈlilɪŋ]
• 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

• berkeliling
• berkeliling-keliling
• mengelilingi
• mengelilingkan
• pengeliling
• sekeliling

• keliling lingkaran
• keliling minimum
• keliling purata
• keliling segi-banyak
• keliling topologis

• ambilan keliling
• bius keliling
• kerangka keliling
• klinik keliling
• masalah penjaja keliling
• pagas batas keliling
• pemeriksaan keliling
• penjaja keliling
• penjual eceran keliling
• penyair keliling
• penyanyi keliling
• pompa keliling
• saluran keliling
• skema bayar makan keliling
• spa keliling
• sudut keliling lingkaran
• teater keliling
• tembok keliling
• tiket keliling dunia
• umpan keliling
• wisata keliling kota

Preposition

keliling

1. around

Further reading

• “keliling”, 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuliliŋ (“round about, around, in one’s surroundings; go around”). Compare Banjarese kuliling, Kendayan kuikng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəliliŋ/
• Rhymes: -əliliŋ, -liliŋ, -iliŋ, -liŋ, -iŋ
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [kəlilɪŋ, -leŋ, -le̞ŋ]

Noun

keliling (Jawi spelling کليليڠ, uncountable)

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

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengelilingan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• mengelilingi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dikelilingi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)

Descendants

• Indonesian: keliling

Further reading

• “keliling”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary