keliling

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay keliling, from Classical Malay keliling, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuliliŋ (“round about, around, in one’s surroundings; go around”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəˈlilɪŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧li‧ling

Noun

keliling (first-person possessive kelilingku, second-person possessive kelilingmu, third-person possessive kelilingnya)

  1. (geometry) circumference

Derived terms

  • berkeliling
  • berkeliling-keliling
  • mengelilingi
  • mengelilingkan
  • pengeliling
  • sekeliling

Preposition

keliling

  1. around

Verb

keliling

  1. to go around

Conjugation

Conjugation of keliling (ber-, intransitive)
Root keliling
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active berkeliling – – keliling –
Locative mengelilingi – dikelilingi kelilingi kelilingilah
Causative / Applicative1 mengelilingkan – – kelilingkan kelilingkanlah
Causative
Locative – – – – –
Causative / Applicative1 – – – – –
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.

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuliliŋ (“round about, around, in one’s surroundings; go around”). Compare Banjarese kuliling, Kendayan kuikng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəliliŋ/
  • Rhymes: -əliliŋ, -liliŋ, -iliŋ, -liŋ, -iŋ
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [kəlilɪŋ, -leŋ, -le̞ŋ]

Noun

keliling (Jawi spelling کليليڠ‎, informal 1st possessive kelilingku, 2nd possessive kelilingmu, 3rd possessive kelilingnya)

  1. surroundings

Verb

keliling (Jawi spelling کليليڠ‎)

  1. to surround
    Suspek sekarang dikelilingi oleh anggota polis.
    The suspect is now being surrounded by police forces.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: keliling

Further reading

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