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
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

• 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.