kerja bakti

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kerja (“work”) +‎ bakti (“service”), calque from Japanese 勤労奉仕(きんろうほうし) (kinrōhōshi, “public work”, literally “labour service”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kərˈd͡ʒa ˈbak̚ti]

Noun

kerja bakti (plural kerja-kerja bakti)

  1. community service
  2. volunteer work
  3. (colloquial, euphemistic) corvee: unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
    Synonyms: kerja bakti, kerja paksa, kerja rodi, korve, ordi, rodi, wajib kerja

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