kakek

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *akiʔ. Changes in the form of this word can be reconstructed via these stages: *akiʔ > *ka-akiʔ > *kə-akiʔ > *kakiʔ > kakeʔ, from which the noun was derived.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kakèk (first-person possessive kakekku, second-person possessive kakekmu, third-person possessive kakeknya)

  1. grandfather
  2. term of address for an old man

Coordinate terms

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  • nenek (grandmother)

Further reading

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