cakar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cakar. Doublet of ceker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃakar]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧kar

Noun

cakar (first-person possessive cakarku, second-person possessive cakarmu, third-person possessive cakarnya)

  1. talon; claw
    Hypernym: kuku

Verb

cakar

  1. to scratch; to claw

Conjugation

Conjugation of cakar (meng-, transitive)
Root cakar
Active Involuntary /
Perfective
Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active mencakar tercakar dicakar cakar cakarlah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mencakarkan tercakarkan dicakarkan cakarkan cakarkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mempercakarkan terpercakarkan dipercakarkan percakarkan percakarkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

  • bercakar-cakaran
  • bersicakar
  • cakar ayam
  • cakar besi
  • cakar setan
  • cakar-balar
  • cakar-mencakar
  • pencakar

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaka(r)/
  • Rhymes: -akar, -kar, -ar

Noun

cakar (Jawi spelling چاکر, plural cakar-cakar, informal 1st possessive cakarku, 2nd possessive cakarmu, 3rd possessive cakarnya)

  1. talon; claw
    Hypernym: kuku

Descendants

  • Indonesian: cakar

Verb

cakar

  1. to scratch; to claw

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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