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
Active
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

• “keliling” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengelilingan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• mengelilingi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dikelilingi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)

Descendants

• Indonesian: keliling

Further reading

• “keliling” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary