kerja
As
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian kerja.
Verb
kerja
- to work
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Icelandic
Noun
kerja
- indefinite genitive plural of ker
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kerja, from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kərˈd͡ʒa]
- (Sumba) IPA(key): [ˈkerd͡ʒa]
- Hyphenation: kêr‧ja
Noun
kêrja (first-person possessive kerjaku, second-person possessive kerjamu, third-person possessive kerjanya)
- work:
- labour, occupation, job.
- Synonym: pekerjaan
- (physics) a measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance.
- Synonym: usaha
- (physics, more generally) a measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- Synonym: usaha
- labour, occupation, job.
- action: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
- Synonym: aksi
Verb
kêrja
- (colloquial) to work
- Synonym: bekerja
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kerja (ber-, intransitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | kerja | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | 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
- bekerja
- kerjaan
- kinerja
- mempekerjakan
- mengerjakan
- pekerja
- pekerjaan
- pengerjaan
- prakerja
- sekerja
- sepekerjaan
- tekerjakan
- kerja antara
- kerja bakti
- kerja bendang
- kerja bersama
- kerja borongan
- kerja eksternal
- kerja fisik
- kerja internal
- kerja kasar
- kerja ladang
- kerja lapangan
- kerja lembur
- kerja raja
- kerja rodi
- kerja sama
- kerja sama rahasia
- kerja samben
- kerja sambilan
- kerja sampingan
- kerja sawah
- kerja tangan
- kerja tulis
- panitia kerja
- satuan kerja
- tenaga kerja
Descendants
- → As: kerja
Further reading
- “kerja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kər.d͡ʒa/
Noun
kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا, plural kerja-kerja, informal 1st possessive kerjaku, 2nd possessive kerjamu, 3rd possessive kerjanya)
- work
- job; occupation
Verb
kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا)
- to work
Derived terms
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:
- bekerja
- kerjasama (“cooperation”)
Descendants
- Indonesian: kerja
- → As: kerja
- → Minangkabau: karajo
Further reading
- “kerja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.