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)
- talon; claw
- Hypernym: kuku
Verb
cakar
- to scratch; to claw
Derived terms
| Conjugation of cakar (meng-, transitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | cakar | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | 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. | |||||
- bercakar-cakaran
- bersicakar
- cakar ayam
- cakar-balar
- cakar besi
- cakar-mencakar
- cakar setan
- pencakar
Further reading
- “cakar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaka(r)/
- Rhymes: -aka(r), -ka(r), -a(r)
Noun
cakar (Jawi spelling چاکر, plural cakar-cakar, informal 1st possessive cakarku, 2nd possessive cakarmu, 3rd possessive cakarnya)
- talon; claw
- Hypernym: kuku
Descendants
- Indonesian: cakar
Verb
cakar
- to scratch; to claw
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pencakar [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pencakaran [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- cakaran [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- percakaran [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
- mencakar [agent focus] (meN-)
- mencakar-cakar [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
- dicakar [patient focus] (di-)
- tercakar [agentless action] (teR-)
- bercakar [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- bercakaran [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
- bercakar-cakaran [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- cakar ayam
- cakar besi
Descendants
- Indonesian: cakar
Further reading
- “cakar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.