mereka
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈreka/ [məˈre.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: me‧re‧ka
Etymology 1
From Malay mereka, from earlier mareka, from Old Javanese marika. Displaced Proto-Malayic *sida(ʔ) (whence Iban sida).
Pronoun
mêreka
- third person plural pronoun: they, them, their
- Mereka akan mengunjungi rumah kita.
- They will visit our house.
- Sekolah mereka bersih.
- Their school is clean.
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person exclusive | regular | aku, saya1 |
kami |
| enclitic | -ku | - | |
| proclitic | ku- | - | |
| 1st person inclusive | - | kita | |
| 2nd person | regular | kamu, Anda2, kau3 |
kalian, Anda2, Anda sekalian2, Anda semua2 |
| enclitic | -mu | - | |
| 3rd person | regular | dia, beliau4, ia3 |
mereka |
| enclitic | -nya | - | |
| reflexive | diri5, diri sendiri | ||
| emphatic | sendiri | ||
2 Formal.
3 Now mostly literary.
4 Respectful.
5 Sometimes used as an emphatic marker instead of being reflexive.
- This table only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language.
- The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
- The enclitics are only used obliquely (object or possessor), while the proclitic is only used as a subject.
Etymology 2
From reka (“to arrange, create”).
Verb
mêreka
- active of reka
Further reading
- “mereka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /məˈrekə/ [məˈre.kə]
- (Baku) IPA(key): /məˈreka/ [məˈre.ka]
Audio (Malaysia): (file) - Rhymes: -eka, -ka, -a
- Hyphenation: me‧re‧ka
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Javanese marika.
Pronoun
mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | standard |
saya / ساي |
kami / کامي (exclusive) |
| royal | |||
| 2nd person | standard | ||
|
engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاوـ (informal/poetic/towards God) |
anda semua / اندا سموا (formal) | ||
| royal |
tuanku / توانكو | ||
| 3rd person | standard |
dia / دي |
|
| royal |
baginda / بݢيندا | ||
Etymology 2
Verb
mereka
- Active of reka.
Further reading
- “mereka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[1], Pacific Linguistics,