cokelat

Indonesian

cokelat

Alternative forms

• coklat (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch chocolade, from Spanish chocolate, ultimately of Nahuatl origin (compare Malay coklat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɔ.kə.lat/
• Rhymes: -lat, -at

Noun

cokelat (first-person possessive cokelatku, second-person possessive cokelatmu, third-person possessive cokelatnya)

1. chocolate (food made from ground roasted cocoa beans)

   sebatang cokelat ― a bar of chocolate

2. brown (color)

   rambut berwarna cokelat ― brown colored hair

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• kecokelatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• kecokelat-cokelatan

Further reading

• “cokelat” 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.