jadi
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒa.di/
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “birth”). Doublet of jati and jelata.
Or probably cognated with Old Javanese dadi (“to become”) (compare Javanese ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒa.di/
- Rhymes: -adi, -di, -i
Verb
jadi (Jawi spelling جادي, used in the form menjadi)
- to become (to begin to be)
- Dia akan menjadi seorang guru
- She will become a teacher
- (grammar): so (in order that, for that reason)
- Beri saya wang, jadi saya dapat membeli sebuah buku komik
- Give me money, so I can buy a comic
- Dia mahukan sebuah buku, jadi dia pergi ke perpustakaan
- He wanted a book, so he went to the library
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- jadian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- kejadian [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- jadikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- menjadi [agent focus] (meN-)
- menjadikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- dijadikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- terjadi [agentless action] (teR-)
- menjadi-jadi [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- hari jadi (“birthday”)
References
Further reading
- "jadi" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “jadi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maquiritari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hʷaɾ̠i]
References
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 191
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 51
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒa.d̪i/
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