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French
Pronunciation
Verb
capai
- first-person singular past historic of caper
Galician
Verb
capai
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of capar
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay capai, from Classical Malay capai.
Verb
capai
- to achieve
- Synonym: raih
- to reach
Conjugation
| Conjugation of capai (meng-, transitive)
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capai
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Active
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Involuntary
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Passive
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Basic /
Imperative
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Emphatic /
Jussive
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mencapai
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tercapai
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dicapai
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capai
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capailah
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mencapaikan
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tercapaikan
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dicapaikan
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capaikan
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capaikanlah
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Causative
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1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Malay capai, from Classical Malay capai, from Javanese capek (ꦕꦥꦺꦏ꧀, “tired”), from Tamil சப்பை (cappai, “insipid; useless”, literally “flat”). Doublet of capek.
Adjective
capai
- (formal) tired.
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Verb
capai (Jawi spelling چاڤاي)
- to achieve.
Dia bekerja sungguh-sungguh untuk mencapai cita-citanya.- He works really hard to achieve his dreams.
- to hold or get an object by reaching out to it using one's hand.
Ali mencuba capai buah yang di hujung dahan itu.- Ali tried to get a hold of the apple at the edge of the branch.
- to reach (a certain age).
Umurnya sudah hampir mencapai 100 tahun.- His age is nearly reaching a 100 years old.
Further reading
Portuguese
Verb
capai
- second-person plural imperative of capar