coklat

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay coklat.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cho̍k-la̍t

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho̍k-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tso̍k-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoglat
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /t͡sɔk̚⁴⁻³ lat̚⁴/

Noun

coklat (Penang Hokkien)

1. chocolate (food)

   我較合意食烏coklat。 [Penang Hokkien, trad.]
   我较合意食乌coklat。 [Penang Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa khah ha̍h-ì chia̍h o͘ coklat. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I like to eat dark chocolate.

2. brown (colour)

   伊彼頂車是coklat色的。 [Penang Hokkien, trad.]
   伊彼顶车是coklat色的。 [Penang Hokkien, simp.]

   I-hit-téng chhia sī coklat sek ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   That car is brown colour.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 巧克力 (“chocolate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		巧克力
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	巧克力
	Taiwan	巧克力
	Malaysia	巧克力
	Singapore	巧克力
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	巧克力
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	巧克力
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朱古力
	Hong Kong	朱古力
	Macau	朱古力
	Taishan	朱古力
	Kaiping (Chikan)	朱古力
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	朱古力
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	朱古力
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	朱古力
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	朱古力
	Móng Cái	朱古力
Hakka	Meixian	朱古力
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	朱古力
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	巧克力
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	巧克力
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	巧克力
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	巧克力
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	巧克力
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	巧克力
Southern Min	Xiamen	芝居力
	Quanzhou	芝居力
	Zhangzhou	芝居力
	Taipei	chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
	Penang (Hokkien)	coklat
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芝居力
	Manila (Hokkien)	芝居力, chocolate, tsokolate
	Chaozhou	朱古力
	Shantou	朱古力
	Haifeng	朱古力
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	朱古力
Wu	Shanghai	巧克力

Dialectal synonyms of 棕色 (“brown”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		棕色, 褐色, 咖啡色
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	棕色
	Singapore	褐色, 棕色
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	棕色
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	棕色
	Wanrong	駝色
	Xining	咖啡色
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鼻煙色
	Wuhan	咖啡色, 丘色
	Liuzhou	咖啡色
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	咖啡色
	Yangzhou	咖啡色, 栗殼色, 枯茶色
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咖啡色, 啡色, 豬肝色, 茶色
	Hong Kong	啡色, 咖啡色, 茶色
	Taishan	啡色
	Dongguan	豬肝色
Gan	Lichuan	咖啡色
Hakka	Meixian	咖啡色
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬肝色
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬肝色
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬肝色
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬肝色
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬肝色
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬肝色
	Hong Kong	豬肝色
Southern Min	Xiamen	棕色
	Quanzhou	棕色
	Zhangzhou	棕色
	Taipei (Wanhua)	咖啡色
	Kaohsiung	咖啡色
	Yilan	咖啡色
	Changhua (Lukang)	咖啡色
	Taichung	咖啡色
	Taichung (Wuqi)	咖啡色
	Tainan	塗色, 咖啡色
	Taitung	咖啡色
	Hsinchu	咖啡色
	Penghu (Magong)	咖啡色
	Penang (Hokkien)	可可, coklat
	Singapore (Hokkien)	咖啡色, 赤色
	Manila (Hokkien)	咖啡色, 赤色 dated
	Shantou	豬肝色, 赤色
	Singapore (Teochew)	赤色
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	啡色
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豬肝色, 咖啡色
Wu	Shanghai	咖啡色
	Danyang	咖啡色
Xiang	Loudi	豬肝色

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔklat/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.klat̪̚]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔklat
• Syllabification: co‧klat

Noun

coklat (plural coklat-coklat)

1. nonstandard form of cokelat (“chocolate; brown color”)
   • 2017 October 26, Amelia Hapsari, “Permintaan Coklat di Jogja Tinggi [High Demand for Chocolate in Yogyakarta]”, in Suara Merdeka‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 December 2018:

     Mereka tidak hanya dijadikan target konsumen tapi juga diharapkan ikut berkecimpung di dalam bisnis produksi panganan berbahan coklat.

     They not only become the targeted consumer but are also expected to be involved in the production business of food made from chocolate.

Malay

coklat

Alternative forms

• cokelat (nonstandard, Indonesia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English chocolate, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more information.

Pronunciation

• (English-based) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoklət/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.klət̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -lət, -ət

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoklat/ [ˈt͡ʃo.klat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -lat, -at
• Hyphenation: co‧klat

Noun

coklat (Jawi spelling چوکلت, plural coklat-coklat or coklat²)

1. chocolate
   1. Food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

      Sekeping coklat. ― A bar of chocolate.

      Coklat dapat meningkatkan fungsi otak.

      Chocalate can improve brain function.

   2. Dark brown colour similar to chocolate.

      Warna coklat. ― Chocolate colour.

Adjective

coklat (Jawi spelling چوکلت, comparative lebih coklat, superlative paling coklat)

1. chocolate
   1. Made of or containing chocolate.

      Kek coklat. ― Chocolate cake.

   2. Having a dark brown colour.

      Synonym: perang tua

      Hypernym: perang

      Pewarna coklat. ― Chocolate-coloured dye.

Derived terms

Affixations

• kecoklatan

Descendants

• → Hokkien: coklat (Penang)
• >? Hokkien: 芝居力
• → Ternate: coklat

Further reading

• "coklat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Ternate

Coklat (1).

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay coklat, from English chocolate, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more information. Possibly influenced by Indonesian cokelat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃoklat]

Noun

coklat

1. chocolate
2. brown

   coklat:  

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29