jalan-jalan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay jalan-jalan.
Pronunciation
Verb
jalan-jalan (invariable)
- (Singlish, Manglish) To take a walk, to go for a stroll.
- Synonym: (Singlish) gai gai
- 2023, Agnes Chew, Eternal Summer of My Homeland, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 25:
- […] he should know better than to go jalan jalan now.
Indonesian
Etymology
Reduplication of jalan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒalan ˈd͡ʒalan/ [ˌd͡ʒa.laɲ ˈd͡ʒa.lan]
- Rhymes: -alan
- Syllabification: ja‧lan-ja‧lan
Noun
jalan-jalan
Verb
jalan-jalan
- (colloquial) alternative form of berjalan-jalan
Further reading
- “jalan-jalan”, 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
Etymology
Reduplication of jalan.
Pronunciation
- (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒalan ˈd͡ʒalan/ [ˌd͡ʒa.laɲ ˈd͡ʒa.lan]
- Rhymes: -an
- Hyphenation: ja‧lan-ja‧lan
Noun
jalan-jalan
Verb
jalan-jalan
- Infinitive of berjalan-jalan (“to go for a stroll”)
- Synonym: pusing
Descendants
- → English: jalan-jalan