capai

See also: čapai

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: capé, capée, capées, caper, capés, capez

Verb

capai

1. first-person singular past historic of caper

Galician

Verb

capai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of capar

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tjapai (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃapai̯]
• Hyphenation: ca‧pai

Etymology 1

From Malay capai, from Classical Malay capai.

Verb

capai

1. to achieve

   Synonym: raih

2. to reach

   Synonym: gapai

Conjugation

Conjugation of capai (meng-, transitive)

root	capai
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	mencapai	tercapai	dicapai	capai	capailah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	mencapaikan	tercapaikan	dicapaikan	capaikan	capaikanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berpencapaian
• capaian
• ketercapaian
• mencapai
• pencapai
• pencapaian
• secapai
• sepencapai
• tercapai

Etymology 2

From Malay capai, from Classical Malay capai, from Tamil சப்பை (cappai, “insipid; useless”, literally “flat”). Doublet of capek.

Alternative forms

• capek (colloquial, common)

Adjective

capai (comparative lebih capai, superlative paling capai)

1. (formal) tired

   Synonyms: lelah, letih, penat

Derived terms

• kecapaian

Further reading

• “capai”, 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

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃapaj/ [ˈt͡ʃa.pai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Hyphenation: ca‧pai

Verb

capai (Jawi spelling چاڤاي, active mencapai, third-person passive dicapai)

1. (intransitive) to achieve something.
2. to hold or get an object by reaching out to it using one's hand.

   Ali mencuba capai buah yang di hujung dahan itu.

   Ali tried to get a hold of the apple at the edge of the branch.

3. (intransitive) to reach (a certain age).

Derived terms

Affixations

• bercapai-capai (“reaching out repeatedly”)
• dicapai (“to be achieved; to be reached”)
• mencapai (“to reach; to achieve; to attain”)
• pencapaian (“achievement; accomplishment”)
• tercapai (“achieved; reached”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: capai (inherited)

Further reading

• "capai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "capai" at PRPM first version)

Portuguese

Verb

capai

1. second-person plural imperative of capar