jajah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay jajah.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

jajah (active menjajah, passive dijajah)

1. (rare, intransitive) to explore.

   Synonym: jelajah

2. (intransitive) to annex, to colonise.

Conjugation

Conjugation of jajah (meng-, intransitive)
Root	jajah
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	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

• jajahan
• jelajah
• penjajah
• penjajahan

 

Further reading

• “jajah” 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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒad͡ʒah/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah, -d͡ʒah, -ah

Verb

jajah (Jawi spelling جاجه)

1. to explore

   Synonym: jelajah

2. to annex; to colonise

   Synonym: takluk

Derived terms

• dijajah
• dijelajahi
• jajahan
• jelajah
• jelajahi
• menjajah
• menjelajahi
• penjajah
• penjajahan
• penjelajah
• penjelajahan
• terjajah
• terjelajah

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: jajah

Further reading

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