ꦏꦏꦁ

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kakaṅ (“elder brother or sister”), kaka (“elder brother or sister; female attendant”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

Noun

ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang)

1. (ngoko) older brother

   Synonyms: ꦏꦏ꧀ (kak), (literary) ꦏꦏ (kaka), (ngoko) ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang), (literary) ꦏꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kakangmas), ꦏꦩꦱ꧀ (kamas), ꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kangmas), ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas), (krama inggil) ꦫꦏ (raka)

2. husband
3. big brother

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kakang
• → Indonesian: kakak (semantic loan)
• → Min Nan: 咬工, 咬江 (kā-kang).