dekah

Malay

Etymology

Related to kah and kahkah, possibly onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dekah (Jawi spelling دکه, plural dekah-dekah or dekah2)

  1. laughter more loud or boisterous

Verb

berdekah

  1. to laugh esp. loudly, to guffaw
    Synonyms: berkahkah, gelak, ketawa (standard)

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “دکه dĕkah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 297
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “dĕkah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 266
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