kelapa

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Malay kelapa, from Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (kalapa)), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Malay pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə.la.pa/
  • (Kampong Ayer, Kedayan) IPA(key): /ka.la.pa/
  • (contraction) IPA(key): /kla.pa/

Noun

kelapa

  1. coconut

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kelapa, from Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (kalapa)), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Indonesian pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈla.pa/
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Noun

kelapa (plural kelapa-kelapa, first-person possessive kelapaku, second-person possessive kelapamu, third-person possessive kelapanya)

  1. The coconut palm.
    Dia memanjati kelapa untuk mengambil buahnya.
    He climbed the coconut palm to get the fruit.
  2. A fruit of the coconut palm; coconut.
    Aku makan kelapa.
    I'm eating a coconut.
  3. round, knuckle: a cut of hindquarters of a bovine.

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Malay

Etymology

From Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (kalapa)), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Malay pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).

Pronunciation

Noun

kelapa (Jawi spelling کلاڤ, plural kelapa-kelapa, informal 1st possessive kelapaku, 2nd possessive kelapamu, 3rd possessive kelapanya)

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

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