kakap

English

Noun

kakap (plural kakaps)

1. A narrow river or coastal boat used in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei for fishing, or sometimes in piracy and raids.

   Synonym: kakap Jeram

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧kap

Noun

kakap

1. (historical) a canoe-shaped boat often used in piracy and raids

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkakap/ [ˈka.kap̚]
• Rhymes: -akap
• Syllabification: ka‧kap

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kakap.

Noun

kakap (plural kakap-kakap)

1. bass (fish)
2. snapper (fish)
3. (nautical) a boat of narrow beam and low freeboard
4. (figurative) chief (the principal part or top of anything)

   Antonym: teri

Adjective

kakap (comparative lebih kakap, superlative paling kakap)

1. (figurative) big, major

Derived terms

• kakap bakau
• kakap garis biru
• kakap lapa sate
• kakap merah
• kakap merah bakau
• kakap putih
• kakap tompel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay kakap (“to scout; to reconnoitre”).

Verb

kakap (active mengakap)

1. to observe, to patrol, to reconnoiter

Derived terms

• mengakap
• pengakap

Etymology 3

Inherited from Malay kakap (“to grasp”), from Minangkabau [Term?].

Verb

kakap (active mengakap)

1. to hold, to seize
2. to carry out, to do, to perform, to work
3. to cultivate, to till

Synonyms

• pegang

Derived terms

• mengakap

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

kakap (plural kakap-kakap)

1. (nautical) a hole in the bottom of a boat that is plugged with a wooden plug to prevent water from entering

Further reading

• “kakap”, 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