Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay jajah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒa.d͡ʒah]
  • Hyphenation: ja‧jah
  • Rhymes: -jah, -ah

Verb

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jajah (active menjajah, passive dijajah)

  1. (rare, intransitive) to explore.
    Synonym: jelajah
  2. (intransitive) to annex, to colonise.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of jajah (meng-, intransitive)
Root jajah
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative
Emphatic /
Jussive
Active menjajah terjajah dijajah jajah jajahlah
Locative menjajahi terjajahi dijajahi jajahi jajahilah
Causative / Applicative1 menjajahkan terjajahkan dijajahkan jajahkan jajahkanlah
Causative
Active memperjajah terperjajah diperjajah perjajah perjajahlah
Locative memperjajahi terperjajahi diperjajahi perjajahi perjajahilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperjajahkan terperjajahkan diperjajahkan perjajahkan perjajahkanlah
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

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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jajah (Jawi spelling جاجه)

  1. to explore
    Synonym: jelajah
  2. to annex; to colonise
    Synonym: takluk

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: jajah

Further reading

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