apa-apa

Indonesian

Etymology

Reduplicated form of apa, from Malay apa-apa, from Proto-Malayic *apa apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa apa.

Pronoun

apa-apa

anything (any thing of any kind)

Malay

Etymology

Reduplicated form of apa, from Proto-Malayic *apa apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa apa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /apa apa/
Rhymes: -apa, -pa, -a
(Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ä.pə ä.pə]

Pronoun

apa-apa (Jawi spelling اڤ٢)

anything; whatever (any thing of any kind)
Aku boleh makan apa-apa yang kau berikan kepadaku.
I can eat up anything that you give me.

See also

siapa-siapa / sesiapa

Further reading

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

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