FromMalaykakak(“older sister”), fromClassical Malaykakak, fromProto-Malayic*kakaʔ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*kaka, fromProto-Austronesian*kaka.
- For sense of older brother,semantic loan fromHokkien哥哥 (ko-ko, “older brother”) andsemantic loan fromJavaneseꦏꦏꦁ,ꦏꦏ,ꦏꦏꦏ꧀(kakang,kaka,kakak).
- For sense of form of address to husband in marital relationship,semantic loan fromJavaneseꦏꦏꦁ,ꦏꦏ,ꦏꦏꦏ꧀(kakang,kaka,kakak).
kakak (pluralkakak-kakak)
- (literally or figuratively, formal)oldersibling
- (literally or figuratively, chiefly Sumatra and Kalimantan)older sister
- (literally or figuratively, chiefly Jakarta and Java)older brother
- (chiefly Jakarta)a general form of address, typically to an older person (but applicable to same age groups)
- (colloquial)a form of address to any stranger
- People in areas withMalay populations and speaking vernacular Malay dialects only usekakak to address older sisters, otherwise outside those places like Jakarta, it is gender neutral.
- In formal situations (e.g. to address a customer),kakak may be used to address someone to give an impression of a 'youthful nuance' (i.e., by denoting someone as such).
Inherited fromMalaykakak.Onomatopoeic, compare toTagalogkakak.
kakak
- quack,cluck
- laugh
- Synonyms:kakah,kahkah
kakak
- romanization ofꦏꦏꦏ꧀
FromProto-Malayic*kakaʔ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*kaka, fromProto-Austronesian*kaka. Sense of older male sibling lost in Singapore and Malay Peninsula.
kakak (Jawi spellingکاکق,pluralkakak-kakak)
- sister(older woman or girl having the same parents)
- (rare)sibling(older person who shares same parents)
- (rare)brother(older male sibling)
- Synonyms:abang,uda
- term of address for a female acquaintance who is a bit older
- engko(“engku”)
Onomatopoeic, compare toTagalogkakak.
kakak (Jawi spellingکاکق,pluralkakak-kakak)
- cackle (of duck and geese)
- laugh
- Synonyms:dekah,kakah,kahkah
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کاکق kakak”, inMaleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page75
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کاکق kakak”, inA Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page497
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kakak”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page499
Inherited fromProto-Austronesian*kakak.
kakak
- crow
Onomatopoeic. CompareIndonesiankakak.
kakak (Baybayin spellingᜃᜃᜃ᜔)
- cackle or cackling of ahen,duck, etc.
- Synonym:putak
- “kakak”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
