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): /kəˈla.pa/

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

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 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.