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	regular	aku, saya1	kami
	enclitic	-ku	-
	proclitic	ku-	-
1st person inclusive		-	kita
2nd person	regular	kamu, Anda2, kau3	kalian, Anda2, Anda sekalian2, Anda semua2
	enclitic	-mu	-
3rd person	regular	dia, beliau4, ia3	mereka
	enclitic	-nya	-
reflexive		diri5, diri sendiri
emphatic		sendiri

¹ Polite.
² Formal.
³ Now mostly literary.
⁴ Respectful.

⁵ Sometimes used as an emphatic marker instead of being reflexive.

Notes:

• This table only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language.
• The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The enclitics are only used obliquely (object or possessor), while the proclitic is only used as a subject.

See each entry for more information.

Etymology 2

Affixed reka (“to arrange, create”) +‎ meng-.

Verb

mêreka

1. active of reka

Further reading

• “mereka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /məˈrekə/ [məˈre.kə]

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  • Rhymes: -ekə, -kə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /məˈreka/ [məˈre.ka]

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  • Rhymes: -eka, -ka, -a
• Hyphenation: me‧re‧ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese marika.

Pronoun

mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)

1. (formal) Third person plural pronoun; they, them.

   Synonyms: dia orang (informal), depa (Kedah)

   Mereka diberi amaran sahaja.

   They were only given a warning.

See also

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya / ساي aku / اکو, ku- / كوـ (informal/towards God) -ku / ـكو (poetic possessive) hamba / همبا (dated) daku / داکو (poetic)	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta / بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu / کامو
		engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاوـ (informal/poetic/towards God) kau / كاو (informal) awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger) anda / اندا (formal) awda / اءودا (Brunei, formal) -mu / ـمو (poetic possessive) dikau / ديکاو (poetic)	anda semua / اندا سموا (formal) awak semua / اوق سموا kamu semua / كامو سموا kalian / کالين (archaic) kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku / توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia / دي ia / اي beliau / بلياو (honorific) -nya / ـڽ (possessive)	mereka / مريک dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal)
	royal	baginda / بݢيندا

Etymology 2

Affixation of me- +‎ reka.

Verb

mereka (Jawi spelling مريک)

1. Active of reka.

Further reading

• "mereka" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Pacific Linguistics, →DOI