gagap

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡap/ [ˈɡa.ɡap̚]
• Rhymes: -aɡap
• Syllabification: ga‧gap

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay gagap, from Proto-Malayic *gagap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gapgap.

Alternative forms

• gegap

Adjective

gagap (comparative lebih gagap, superlative paling gagap)

1. stammered, stuttered
2. (figurative) illiterate: showing or marked by a lack of acquaintance with the fundamentals of a particular field of knowledge, knowing little or nothing about a particular subject

Noun

gagap (plural gagap-gagap)

1. (uncountable, neurology, psychiatry, psychology) stammer, stutter (a speech disorder)
2. (countable) an instance of stammering or stuttering

Derived terms

• bergagap-gagap (“to stammer, stutter”)
• kegagapan (“stammering, stuttering”)
• menggagap (“to stammer, stutter”)
• tergagap (“stammered, stuttered”)
• tergagap-gagap (“to stammer, stutter; haltingly”)

• gagap teknologi

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *kapkap, from a reduplication of the root *-kap (“to feel, grope”).

Verb

gagap (active menggagap, passive digagap)

1. (dialectal) to grope or feel in the dark

   Near-synonym: raba-raba

Further reading

• “gagap”, 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