Wiktionary

kotak

Indonesian

edit

Etymology

edit

From Malay kotak. Doublet of botak and otak.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

kotak (first-person possessive kotakku, second-person possessive kotakmu, third-person possessive kotaknya)

  1. box; case (cuboid container)
  2. pack

Hyponyms

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit

Malay

edit

Etymology

edit

Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦺꦴꦛꦏ꧀ (kothak). Doublet of botak and otak.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

kotak (Jawi spelling کوتق, plural kotak-kotak, informal 1st possessive kotakku, 2nd possessive kotakmu, 3rd possessive kotaknya)

  1. box (cuboid container)
  2. pack
    Kotak berat itu abang saya yang angkat.
    My brother carried that heavy box.
  3. (obsolete) chest
    Synonym: peti
  4. (obsolete) living compartment or room in a domicile like a palace.
  5. (obsolete) parcel of land or paddy.
    Synonym: petak

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Indonesian: kotak
  • → Min Nan: 戈踏 (ko-ta̍h)

References

edit
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کوتق koetak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 92
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کوتق kotak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 544
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kotak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 614

Further reading

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=kotak&oldid=81561892"