kelapa

From Malay kelapa, from Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese kalapa), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Malay pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).

• IPA^(key): /kə.la.pa/
• (Kampong Ayer, Kedayan) IPA^(key): /ka.la.pa/
• (contraction) IPA^(key): /kla.pa/

kelapa

1. coconut

• piasau

From Malay kelapa, from Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese kalapa), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Indonesian pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈla.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -pa

kelapa (plural kelapa-kelapa)

1. the coconut palm

   Dia memanjati kelapa untuk mengambil buahnya.

   He climbed the coconut palm to get the fruit.

2. a fruit of the coconut palm; coconut

   Aku makan kelapa.

   I'm eating a coconut.

3. round, knuckle: a cut of hindquarters of a bovine

• nyiur

• “kelapa” 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.

From Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese kalapa), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Malay pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq).

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kəlapə/
• (Bahasa Baku, Singaporean Standard, Sabah) IPA^(key): /kəlapa/
• Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -pa
• Rhymes: -a

kelapa (Jawi spelling کلاڤ, plural kelapa-kelapa)

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

• nyiur

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