chakap

Baba Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Malay cakap, from Proto-Malayic (compare Iban jako), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cakəp.

Verb

chakap

  1. to say
  2. to speak

References

  • Lee, Nala H. (2022), “chakap”, in A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 345
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