jalan-jalan

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay jalan-jalan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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jalan-jalan (invariable)

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) To take a walk, to go for a stroll.
    • 2023, Agnes Chew, Eternal Summer of My Homeland, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 25:
      [] he should know better than to go jalan jalan now.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Reduplication of jalan. From jalan + jalan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jalan-jalan

  1. plural of jalan

Verb

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jalan-jalan

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of berjalan-jalan

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Malay

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Etymology

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Reduplication of jalan.

Verb

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jalan-jalan

  1. to go for a stroll
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