kotak

From Malay kotak. Doublet of botak and otak.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkotaʔ/ [ˈko.t̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -otaʔ
• Syllabification: ko‧tak

kotak (plural kotak-kotak)

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

• “kotak” 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkotak/ [ˈko.t̪aʔ]

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• Rhymes: -otak, -tak, -ak
• Hyphenation: ko‧tak

kotak (Jawi spelling کوتق, plural kotak-kotak)

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

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

• 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

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