apakah

Indonesian

Etymology

apa +‎ -kah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apa.kah/

Conjunction

apakah

1. whether

   Aku tidak tahu apakah suratku sudah sampai. ― I don't know whether (or not) my letter has arrived.

Further reading

• “apakah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of apa +‎ -kah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apakah/, /apəkah/
• Rhymes: -kah, -ah

Pronoun

apakah (Jawi spelling اڤاکه)

1. What.
   • 2003, Nor Arlisa Irena Abu Bakar, Penulis buku politik Kelantan tiada agenda:

     Apakah tujuan Ikmal sebenarnya?

     What is Ikmal's true motive?

2. A question pronoun used to inquire about the truth of a statement.

   Synonym: adakah

   • 2017, Mahizan Husain, Cahaya Delima:

     Apakah akhirnya dia akan kembali pada tanah?

     Is it that he will finally return to land?

Further reading

• “apa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.