kakak

kakak

1. older brother/sister, older sibling
2. older cousin
3. term of address for a friend who is a bit older

• "Kakak laki-laki" is used to mean "older brother".
• "Kakak perempuan" is used to mean "older sister".

From Proto-Malayic *kakaʔ (compare Indonesian kakak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

• IPA^(key): /kakaʔ/
• Rhymes: -akaʔ, -kaʔ, -aʔ

kakak (Jawi spelling کاکق‎, plural kakak-kakak, informal first-person possessive kakakku, informal second-person possessive kakakmu, third-person possessive kakaknya)

1. sister (older woman or girl having the same parents)
2. (rare) sibling (older person who shares same parents)
3. (rare) brother (older male sibling)
4. term of address for a female acquaintance who is a bit older

• abang
• engko
• nana
• uda

kakak

1. cackle or cackling of a hen, duck, etc.

• putak