kelakar

kelakar

1. to lie

• Marshall, H. B. (April 1921) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society‎^[1], volume 83, page 58

Inherited from Malay kelakar.

kelakar

1. banter

   Synonyms: lawak, olok-olok

2. joke

   Synonym: senda gurau

• berkelakar

• “kelakar” 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.

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• IPA^(key): /kə.laˈkar/

kelakar (Jawi spelling کلاکر, plural kelakar-kelakar)

1. banter

   Synonym: lawak

2. joke

   Synonym: gurau

3. (Sarawak) lie

   Synonym: bohong

• Indonesian: kelakar

• “kelakar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.