keliling

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 (first-person possessive kelilingku, second-person possessive kelilingmu, third-person possessive kelilingnya)

1. (geometry) circumference

Derived terms

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

 

Preposition

keliling

1. around

Verb

keliling

1. to go around

Conjugation

Conjugation of keliling (ber-, intransitive)
Root	keliling
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	berkeliling	–	–	keliling	–
Locative	mengelilingi	–	dikelilingi	kelilingi	kelilingilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengelilingkan	–	–	kelilingkan	kelilingkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	–	–	–	–	–
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.

Further reading

• “keliling” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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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
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [kəlilɪŋ, -leŋ, -le̞ŋ]

Noun

keliling (Jawi spelling کليليڠ‎, informal 1st possessive kelilingku, 2nd possessive kelilingmu, 3rd possessive kelilingnya)

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, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary