kakak.
older sibling
Meaning & usage
older sibling
older sister
older brother
a general form of address, typically to an older person (but applicable to same age groups)
a form of address to any stranger
Where this word comes from
From Malay kakak (“older sister”), from Classical Malay kakak, from Proto-Malayic *kakaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka. * For sense of older brother, semantic loan from Hokkien 哥哥 (ko-ko, “older brother”) and semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦏꦁ, ꦏꦏ, ꦏꦏꦏ꧀ (kakang, kaka, kakak). * For sense of form of address to husband in marital relationship, semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦏꦁ, ꦏꦏ, ꦏꦏꦏ꧀ (kakang, kaka, kakak).
quack, cluck
laugh
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay kakak. Onomatopoeic, compare to Tagalog kakak.
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