Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang). Doublet of kakak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkakaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧kang

Noun

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kakang (first-person possessive kakangku, second-person possessive kakangmu, third-person possessive kakangnya)

  1. (dialect) elder brother

Synonyms

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Thesaurus:abang

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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kakang

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦏꦁ.

Malay

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Etymology

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Variant of kakak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kakang

  1. older sister
  2. older sibling (rare)
  3. older brother (rare)

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Tok Pisin

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Noun

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kakang

  1. barbed wire