| Last updated on: 14 Apr 2026 |
| Noun Prefix (root word kerja - work) | |
| se- | Sepekerja (Co-worker / Colleague) Ali ialah sepekerja saya di pejabat. (Ali is my co-worker at the office.) |
| Suffix | |
| -an | Kerjaan (Work / Task / Act) Itu bukan kerjaan saya. (That is not my doing/task.) |
| Circumfix | |
| pe-...-an | Pekerjaan (Job / Occupation / Career) Apakah pekerjaan impian kamu? (What is your dream job?) |
| peng-...-an | Pengerjaan (Execution / Processing) Pengerjaan projek itu mengambil masa setahun. (The execution of that project took a year.) |
| ke-...-an | Kekerjaan (Work-relatedness: Rare/Abstract) Hal-hal kekerjaan perlu dibincangkan. (Work-related matters need to be discussed.) |
| Verb Prefix (root word kerja - work) | |
| bêr- | Bekerja (To work / Working) Dia bekerja di bank. (He works at a bank.) |
| mêng- | Mengerjakan (To do / To perform / To execute) Dia mengerja projek itu. (He is doing/working on that project.) |
| di- | Dikerjakan (To be done / To be performed — passive) Tanah itu dikerja oleh petani. (That land is worked by farmers.) |
| mêmpêr- | Memperkerjakan (To employ someone) Syarikat itu memperkerja buruh asing. (The company employs/treats as workers foreign laborers.) |
| dipêr- | Diperkerjakan (To be employed by someone) Dia diperkerja sebagai hamba. (He was treated/used as a slave worker.) |
| têr- | Terkerja (Accidentally worked / Able to work) Saya terkerja lebih masa hari ini. (I accidentally worked / managed to work overtime today.) |
| Suffix | |
| -kan | Kerjakan (Do it! — imperative) Saya terkerja lebih masa hari ini. (I accidentally worked / managed to work overtime today.) |
| -i | Mengerjai (To play a prank on someone / To "work" someone over) Jangan kerjai kawan kamu. (Don’t trick/prank your friend.) |
| Circumfix | |
| bêr-...-an | Bekerjaan (Commonly used in Berpekerjaan — to have an occupation) Ali belum berpekerjaan. (Ali does not have an occupation yet.) |
| bêr-...-kan | Berkerjakan (To work based on / Using something) Dia berkerjakan kayu untuk membina meja. (He works with/uses wood to build a table.) |
| mêng-...-kan | Mengerjakan (To perform/complete a task) Saya sedang mengerjakan kerja sekolah. (I am finishing/performing my schoolwork.) |
| mêng-...-i | Mengerjai (To tease or trick someone) Mereka suka mengerjai guru itu. (They like to play pranks on that teacher.) |
| mêmpêr-...-kan | Memperkerjakan (To give someone a job) Kilang itu memperkerjakan seratus orang. (The factory employs/hires one hundred people.) |
| mêmpêr-...-i | Memperkerjai (Rare; usually Memperbaiki — to fix/improve) Ayah memperbaiki kereta yang rosak. (Father is fixing/repairing the broken car.) |
| kê-...-an | Pekerjaan (Job/Occupation; uses pe- base) or Kekerjaan (Work-relatedness — rare) Kami melaporkan kes kecurian itu. (We reported that theft case.) |
| di-...-i | Dikerjai (To be tricked/pranked) Saya rasa saya telah dikerjai. (I feel like I have been pranked/fooled.) |
| di-...-kan | Dikerjakan (To be executed/done) Projek itu akan dikerjakan esok. (The project will be executed/completed tomorrow.) |
| dipêr-...-kan | Diperkerjakan (To be put to work) Tahanan itu diperkerjakan di ladang. (The prisoner was put to work on a farm.) |
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