kelapa

From Malay kelapa, from Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (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 ᮊᮜᮕ (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): /kəˈlapa/

kelapa (plural kelapa-kelapa, first-person possessive kelapaku, second-person possessive kelapamu, third-person possessive kelapanya)

1. The coconut palm.

   Dia tidak bisa memanjat kelapa.

   He can't climb a coconut palm.

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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Classical Malay kelapa (cognate of Old Javanese kalapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa), Sundanese ᮊᮜᮕ (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/
• (Baku, Singaporean Standard, Sabah) IPA^(key): /kəlapa/
• Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

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• Rhymes: -pa
• Rhymes: -a

kelapa (Jawi spelling کلاڤ‎, plural kelapa-kelapa, informal 1st possessive kelapaku, 2nd possessive kelapamu, 3rd possessive kelapanya)

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

• nyiur

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