cangkok

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• cangkuk (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese cangkok (“outer shell; tray of a balance scale; landowner; basic, fundamental, original”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋkoʔ/ [ˈt͡ʃaŋ.kɔʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aŋkoʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋkok/ [ˈt͡ʃaŋ.kɔk̚]
    • Rhymes: -aŋkok
• Syllabification: cang‧kok

Noun

cangkok (plural cangkok-cangkok)

1. (horticulture) graft (small shoot or scion inserted in another tree)
2. (horticulture) graft (branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot)

   Synonym: cangkokan

3. (surgery) graft (portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty)

   cangkok kulit ― skin graft

4. (surgery, by extension) transplant; transfer

   Synonym: transplantasi

   cangkok ginjal ― kidney transplant

Verb

cangkok (active mencangkok, passive dicangkok)

1. (horticulture, transitive) to graft (to insert a graft in another tree)

   Jeruk dapat dicangkok, tetapi struktur tumbuhannya akan lebih mudah rapuh .

   Oranges can be grafted, but the structure of the plant will become more fragile.

2. (surgery, transitive) to graft (to implant to form an organic union)
3. (surgery, transitive) to transplant; to transfer

   Synonym: transplantasikan

Adjective

cangkok (comparative lebih cangkok, superlative paling cangkok)

1. (figurative, uncommon) fake, made up

   Synonym: gadungan

Derived terms

• cangkokan (“graft, result of grafting”)
• pencangkok (“grafter”)
• pencangkokan (“act of grafting”)

• cangkok kulit (“skin graft”)
• cangkok lemak (“fat graft”)

Further reading

• “cangkok”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016