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

1. 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

Indonesian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	exclusive	aku, saya1	kami
	inclusive	-	kita
2nd person		kamu, Anda2
		kau4	kalian, Anda sekalian2, kamu sekalian5
3rd person		dia, ia4 beliau3	mereka
reflexive		diri
emphatic		sendiri

¹ Polite.  ² Formal.  ³ Honorific.
⁴ Now mostly dialectal or literary.
⁵ Literary or poetic.

Notes:

• This table only shows some personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language.
• The second person pronouns are usually avoided when talking to someone of higher status or older, especially in casual speech.
  
• Not including the clitic pronouns.
  

See Appendix:Indonesian personal pronouns for more information.

Etymology 2

From reka (“to arrange, create”).

Verb

mêreka

1. 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-Selangor) IPA^(key): /mərekə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /məreka/
• Rhymes: -ekə, -kə, -ə

• Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Selangor):

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Etymology 1

From Old Javanese marika.

Pronoun

mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)

1. they

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Pacific Linguistics, →DOI

Etymology 2

me- +‎ reka

Verb

mereka

1. active of reka