kelapa
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kelapa, from Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (kalapa)), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Malay pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kelapa
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kelapa, from Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (kalapa)), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Indonesian pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kelapa (plural kelapa-kelapa, first-person possessive kelapaku, second-person possessive kelapamu, third-person possessive kelapanya)
- The coconut palm.
- Dia memanjati kelapa untuk mengambil buahnya.
- He climbed the coconut palm to get the fruit.
- A fruit of the coconut palm; coconut.
- Aku makan kelapa.
- I'm eating a coconut.
- round, knuckle: a cut of hindquarters of a bovine.
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Further reading edit
- “kelapa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (kalapa)), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Malay pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kəlapə/
- (Baku, Singaporean Standard, Sabah) IPA(key): /kəlapa/
- Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə
Audio (MY) (file) - Rhymes: -pa
- Rhymes: -a
Noun edit
kelapa (Jawi spelling کلاڤ, plural kelapa-kelapa, informal 1st possessive kelapaku, 2nd possessive kelapamu, 3rd possessive kelapanya)
- coconut (fruit of coco palm)
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Further reading edit
- “kelapa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.