kerja

As

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian kerja.

Verb

kerja

  1. to work

References

Icelandic

Noun

kerja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ker

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay kerja, from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kərˈd͡ʒa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kêr‧ja

Noun

kêrja (first-person possessive kerjaku, second-person possessive kerjamu, third-person possessive kerjanya)

  1. work:
    1. labour, occupation, job.
      Synonym: 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).
    Synonym: aksi

Verb

kêrja

  1. (colloquial) to work
    Synonym: bekerja

Conjugation
Conjugation of kerja (ber-, intransitive)
Root kerja
Active Involuntary /
Perfective		 Passive Basic /
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
  • 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

Descendants
  • → As: kerja

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kerja

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦂꦗ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of karya.

Pronunciation
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /kə.d͡ʒə/
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /kər.d͡ʒa/

Noun

kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا, plural kerja-kerja, informal 1st possessive kerjaku, 2nd possessive kerjamu, 3rd possessive kerjanya)

  1. work
  2. job; occupation

Verb

kerja (Jawi spelling کرجا)

  1. 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:

Descendants

Further reading
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