kerja bakti
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of kerja (“work”) + bakti (“service”), calque of Japanese 勤労奉仕 (kinrōhōshi, “public work”, literally “labour service”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kərˈd͡ʒa ˈbak̚ti]
Noun
kerja bakti (first-person possessive kerja baktiku, second-person possessive kerja baktimu, third-person possessive kerja baktinya)
- community service.
- volunteer work.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) unpaid work.
Further reading
- “kerja bakti” 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.
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