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	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	mencakar	tercakar	dicakar	cakar	cakarlah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	mencakarkan	tercakarkan	dicakarkan	cakarkan	cakarkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
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

• “cakar” 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

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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

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.