cakap.
speak
Meaning & usage
speak
Where this word comes from
From Malay cakap, from Classical Malay cakap, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cakəp. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦕꦏꦼꦥ꧀ (cakep, “good-looking”) for “good looking” sense. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦕꦼꦏꦥ꧀ (cekap, “sufficient, adequate”) for “skillful” sense. * Semantic loan from Old Javanese cĕkap (“impudent”) for “impudent” sense.
able
to have cleverness, to be skillful
to be beautiful
to be in good condition
skillful
Where this word comes from
From Malay cakap, from Classical Malay cakap, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cakəp. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦕꦏꦼꦥ꧀ (cakep, “good-looking”) for “good looking” sense. * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦕꦼꦏꦥ꧀ (cekap, “sufficient, adequate”) for “skillful” sense. * Semantic loan from Old Javanese cĕkap (“impudent”) for “impudent” sense.
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