kotak

Chungli Ao

Noun

kotak

1. Heaven

Further reading

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 26
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 127

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kotak. Doublet of botak and otak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔtaʔ/ [ˈkɔ.t̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔtaʔ

Noun

kotak (plural kotak-kotak)

1. box; case (cuboid container)
2. pack

Hyponyms

• kotak alamat
• kotak amal
• kotak arsip
• kotak barometer
• kotak hitam
• kotak kontak
• kotak listrik
• kotak makan
• kotak masuk
• kotak musik
• kotak obrolan
• kotak pandora
• kotak pemecahan
• kotak penalti
• kotak pensil
• kotak perkakas
• kotak pesan
• kotak pos
• kotak saran
• kotak sarang
• kotak spora
• kotak suara
• kotak surat
• kotak tembakan

Derived terms

• berkotak-kotak
• berkotakan
• mengkotak-kotakkan
• mengotak
• mengotak-ngotakkan
• pengotak-ngotakan
• pengotakan
• terkotak
• terkotak-kotak

Further reading

• “kotak”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦺꦴꦛꦏ꧀ (kothak). Doublet of botak and otak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkotak/ [ˈko.t̪aʔ]

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• Rhymes: -otaʔ, -taʔ, -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ko‧tak

Noun

kotak (Jawi spelling کوتق, plural kotak-kotak or kotak²)

1. box (cuboid container)
2. pack

   Kotak berat itu abang saya yang angkat.

   My brother carried that heavy box.

3. (obsolete) chest

   Synonym: peti

4. (obsolete) living compartment or room in a domicile like a palace.
5. (obsolete) parcel of land or paddy.

   Synonym: petak

Derived terms

Affixations

• berkotak-kotak
• mengkotak-kotakkan
• mengotak
• mengotak-ngotakkan
• pengotakan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kotak (inherited)
• → Min Nan: 戈踏 (ko-ta̍h)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کوتق koetak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 92
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کوتق kotak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 544
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kotak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 614

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian кота́к (koták), a by-form of котара́к (kotarák).

For sense 2, compare Tatar кутак (qutaq) and Kyrgyz коток (kotok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈtak/
• Hyphenation: ko‧tak

Noun

kotak (definite accusative kotağı, plural kotaklar)(dialectal)

1. (İzmir, Bursa, Bilecik, İstanbul, Trabzon, Tekirdağ) tomcat, he-cat
2. (Amasya, Trabzon) the penis

Declension

Declension of kotak

singular plural nominative kotak kotaklar definite accusative kotağı kotakları dative kotağa kotaklara locative kotakta kotaklarda ablative kotaktan kotaklardan genitive kotağın kotakların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kotağım kotaklarım 2nd singular kotağın kotakların 3rd singular kotağı kotakları 1st plural kotağımız kotaklarımız 2nd plural kotağınız kotaklarınız 3rd plural kotakları kotakları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kotağımı kotaklarımı 2nd singular kotağını kotaklarını 3rd singular kotağını kotaklarını 1st plural kotağımızı kotaklarımızı 2nd plural kotağınızı kotaklarınızı 3rd plural kotaklarını kotaklarını dative singular plural 1st singular kotağıma kotaklarıma 2nd singular kotağına kotaklarına 3rd singular kotağına kotaklarına 1st plural kotağımıza kotaklarımıza 2nd plural kotağınıza kotaklarınıza 3rd plural kotaklarına kotaklarına locative singular plural 1st singular kotağımda kotaklarımda 2nd singular kotağında kotaklarında 3rd singular kotağında kotaklarında 1st plural kotağımızda kotaklarımızda 2nd plural kotağınızda kotaklarınızda 3rd plural kotaklarında kotaklarında ablative singular plural 1st singular kotağımdan kotaklarımdan 2nd singular kotağından kotaklarından 3rd singular kotağından kotaklarından 1st plural kotağımızdan kotaklarımızdan 2nd plural kotağınızdan kotaklarınızdan 3rd plural kotaklarından kotaklarından genitive singular plural 1st singular kotağımın kotaklarımın 2nd singular kotağının kotaklarının 3rd singular kotağının kotaklarının 1st plural kotağımızın kotaklarımızın 2nd plural kotağınızın kotaklarınızın 3rd plural kotaklarının kotaklarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular kotağım kotaklarım 2nd singular kotaksın kotaklarsın 3rd singular kotak kotaktır kotaklar kotaklardır 1st plural kotağız kotaklarız 2nd plural kotaksınız kotaklarsınız 3rd plural kotaklar kotaklardır

References

• Tietze, Andreas (1957), “Slavische Lehnwörter in der türkischen Volkssprache”, in Oriens (in German), volume 10, number 1, →DOI, § 103, page 18 of 1–47

Further reading

• “kotak”, in Türkiyede Halk Ağzından Söz Derleme Dergisi [Dictionary of words collected from the dialects of Turkey]‎^[1] (in Turkish), volume II, Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1941, page 964a
• “kotak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982