kakek

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *akiʔ. Changes in the form of this word can be reconstructed via these stages: *akiʔ > *ka-akiʔ > *kə-akiʔ > *kakiʔ > kakeʔ, from which the noun was derived.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkakɛʔ/ [ˈka.kɛʔ]

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• Rhymes: -akɛʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧kek

Noun

kakèk (first-person possessive kakekku, second-person possessive kakekmu, third-person possessive kakeknya)

1. grandfather
2. term of address for an old man

Coordinate terms

• nenek (“grandmother”)

Further reading

• “kakek” 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.