capai

See also: čapai

French

Pronunciation

Verb

capai

  1. first-person singular past historic of caper

Galician

Verb

capai

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of capar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃapai̯]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pai

Etymology 1

From Malay capai, from Classical Malay capai.

Verb

capai

  1. to achieve
    Synonym: raih
  2. to reach
Conjugation
Conjugation of capai (meng-, transitive)
root capai
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mencapai tercapai dicapai capai capailah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 mencapaikan tercapaikan dicapaikan capaikan capaikanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • berpencapaian
  • capaian
  • ketercapaian
  • mencapai
  • pencapai
  • pencapaian
  • secapai
  • sepencapai
  • tercapai

Etymology 2

From Malay capai, from Classical Malay capai, from Javanese capek (ꦕꦥꦺꦏ꧀, tired), from Tamil சப்பை (cappai, insipid; useless, literally flat). Doublet of capek.

Adjective

capai (comparative lebih capai, superlative paling capai)

  1. (formal) tired
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • kecapaian

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃä.päi/
  • Rhymes: -ai̯

Verb

capai (Jawi spelling چاڤاي)

  1. to achieve.
    Dia bekerja sungguh-sungguh untuk mencapai cita-cita­nya.
    He works really hard to achieve his dreams.
  2. to hold or get an object by reaching out to it using one's hand.
    Ali mencuba capai buah yang di hujung dahan itu.
    Ali tried to get a hold of the apple at the edge of the branch.
  3. to reach (a certain age).
    Umurnya sudah hampir mencapai 100 tahun.
    His age is nearly reaching a 100 years old.

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

capai

  1. second-person plural imperative of capar