cacat

See also: cãcat, căcat, and caçat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay cacat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃat/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃat
• Syllabification: ca‧cat

Noun

cacat (plural cacat-cacat)

1. flaw, stain, blemish, blot
2. handicap, physical disability
3. defect, distortion, disfigurement, shortcoming
4. shame, disgrace
5. obstacle

Derived terms

• bercacat
• cacatan
• dicacati
• kecacatan
• mencacat
• mencacati
• pencacat
• pencacatan
• tercacat

Adjective

cacat (comparative lebih cacat, superlative paling cacat or tercacat, equative secacat)

1. disabled; handicapped
2. disfigured
3. flawed; distorted

Further reading

• “cacat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

cacat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of cacō

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃat/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃat̪]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

cacat (Jawi spelling چاچت, plural cacat-cacat)

1. flaw
2. handicap; disability
3. obstacle

Adjective

cacat (Jawi spelling چاچت)

1. handicapped; disabled
2. (slang, often derogatory, offensive) retarded

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pencacat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pencacatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• cacatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• kecacatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• mencacat [agent focus] (meN-)
• mencacatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mencacati [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dicacatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• dicacati [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tercacat [agentless action] (teR-)
• bercacat [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: cacat

Further reading

• “cacat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Seri

Etymology 1

Verb

cacat pf sg (intransitive, imperfective singular cácatim, perfective plural cácataj, imperfective plural cácatalca)

1. to swim

Usage notes

• Conjugated as if the root began with a long vowel.

Etymology 2

Verb

cacat pf sg (intransitive, imperfective singular cácatim, perfective plural cácataj, imperfective plural cácatalca) (stative)

1. bitter
2. salty

References

• Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 90.