kotak
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kotak. Doublet of botak and otak.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkotaʔ/ [ˈko.t̪aʔ]
- Rhymes: -otaʔ
- Syllabification: ko‧tak
Noun
kotak (plural kotak-kotak)
Hyponyms
- kotak alamat
- kotak amal
- kotak arsip
- kotak barometer
- kotak hitam
- kotak kontak
- kotak listrik
- kotak makan
- kotak masuk
- kotak musik
- kotak obrolan
- kotak pandora
- kotak pemecahan
- kotak penalti
- kotak pensil
- kotak perkakas
- kotak pesan
- kotak pos
- kotak saran
- kotak sarang
- kotak spora
- kotak suara
- kotak surat
- kotak tembakan
Derived terms
- berkotak-kotak
- berkotakan
- mengkotak-kotakkan
- mengotak
- mengotak-ngotakkan
- pengotak-ngotakan
- pengotakan
- terkotak
- terkotak-kotak
Further reading
- “kotak” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦺꦴꦛꦏ꧀ (kothak). Doublet of botak and otak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkotak/ [ˈko.t̪aʔ]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -otaʔ, -taʔ, -aʔ
- Hyphenation: ko‧tak
Noun
kotak (Jawi spelling کوتق, plural kotak-kotak)
- box (cuboid container)
- pack
- Kotak berat itu abang saya yang angkat.
- My brother carried that heavy box.
- (obsolete) chest
- Synonym: peti
- (obsolete) living compartment or room in a domicile like a palace.
- (obsolete) parcel of land or paddy.
- Synonym: petak
Derived terms
Affixations
- berkotak-kotak
- mengkotak-kotakkan
- mengotak
- mengotak-ngotakkan
- pengotakan
Descendants
- > Indonesian: kotak (inherited)
- → Min Nan: 戈踏 (ko-ta̍h)
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کوتق koetak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 92
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کوتق kotak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 544
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kotak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 614
Further reading
- “kotak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian кота́к (koták), a by-form of котара́к (kotarák).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈtak/
- Hyphenation: ko‧tak
Noun
kotak (definite accusative kotağı, plural kotaklar)(dialectal)
Declension
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References
- Tietze, Andreas (1957), “Slavische Lehnwörter in der türkischen Volkssprache”, in Oriens (in German), volume 10, number 1, , § 103, page 18 of 1–47
Further reading
- “kotak”, in Türkiyede Halk Ağzından Söz Derleme Dergisi [Dictionary of words collected from the dialects of Turkey][1] (in Turkish), volume II, Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1941, page 964a
- “kotak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982