jelajah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jelajah. Reconstructed as jajah +‎ -el-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈlad͡ʒah/ [d͡ʒəˈla.d͡ʒah]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah
• Syllabification: je‧la‧jah

Verb

jelajah (active locative menjelajahi, passive locative dijelajahi)

1. (intransitive) explore
2. (intransitive) cruise: to sail about

   Synonym: berlayar

3. (rare, transitive) to explain

   Synonym: menjelaskan

Conjugation

Conjugation of jelajah (meng-, intransitive)

root	jelajah
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	menjelajah	terjelajah	dijelajah	jelajah	jelajahlah
locative	menjelajahi	terjelajahi	dijelajahi	jelajahi	jelajahilah
causative / applicative1	menjelajahkan	terjelajahkan	dijelajahkan	jelajahkan	jelajahkanlah
	causative
active	memperjelajah	terperjelajah	diperjelajah	perjelajah	perjelajahlah
locative	memperjelajahi	terperjelajahi	diperjelajahi	perjelajahi	perjelajahilah
causative / applicative1	memperjelajahkan	terperjelajahkan	diperjelajahkan	perjelajahkan	perjelajahkanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• penjelajah (“explorer”)
• penjelajahan (“exploring”)

Further reading

• “jelajah” 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

jajah +‎ -el-

Verb

jelajah (Jawi spelling جلاجه)

1. to explore

Synonyms

• melancong, mengembara

Derived terms

• penjelajah (“explorer”)
• penjelajahan (“exploring”)

Further reading

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