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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. Displaced native gawai for the verb sense.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kêrja (plural kerja-kerja)

  1. work:
    1. labour, occupation, job
      Synonyms: gawai, 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)
    Synonyms: aksi, tindakan

Verb

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kêrja

  1. (colloquial) to work
    Synonyms: bekerja, bergawai

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kerja (ber-, intransitive)
root kerja
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative bekerja kerja kerjalah
accusative / dative / locative mengerjai tekerjai dikerjai kerjai kerjailah
perfective causative / applicative2 mengerjakan tekerjakan dikerjakan kerjakan kerjakanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 mempekerjakan teperkerjakan dipekerjakan pekerjakan pekerjakanlah

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

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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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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷór-yo-s
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ryas
Sanskrit कार्य (kārya)der.
Malay kerja

    Derived from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Compare Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kajja) and Bengali কার্য (karjo). Displaced gawai. Doublet of karya.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا, plural kerja-kerja or kerja2)

    1. work; occupation
    2. job; task
      Synonym: tugasan
    3. (physics) work (a measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance; a measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively)
      Synonym: usaha (Indonesian)

    Verb

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    kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا)

    1. to work
      Synonym: gawe (dialectal)

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