tangkap
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tangkap, probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋkəp (“seize, grip”). Doublet of tangkeb. Compare with Khmer តង្កៀប (tɑngkiəp, “tweezer, pincers”)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋkap/ [ˈt̪aŋ.kap̚]
- Rhymes: -aŋkap
- Syllabification: tang‧kap
Verb
tangkap
- infinitive, imperative and colloquial of menangkap (“to catch, to seize”)
Derived terms
- bertangkap
- ditangkap
- ketangkapan
- menangkap
- menangkapkan
- penangkap
- penangkapan
- sepenangkap
- tangkapan
- tertangkap
- tangkap bola
Further reading
- “tangkap”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋkəp (“seize, grip”). Compare with Khmer តង្កៀប (tɑngkiəp, “tweezer, pincers”).
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, Baku) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋkap/ [ˈt̪aŋ.kap̚]
- Rhymes: -kap, -ap
- Hyphenation: tang‧kap
Verb
tangkap (Jawi spelling تڠکڤ, active menangkap, third-person passive ditangkap)
Derived terms
Affixations
- ditangkap (“to be caught; to be arrested”)
- penangkapan (“the act of catching or arresting; an arrest”)
- setangkap (“a handful; a grasp”)
- tangkapan (“the catch; the person or thing caught”)
- tertangkap (“caught accidentally; caught red-handed”)
Compounds
- tangkap gambar (“to take a photo”)
- tangkap layar (“screenshot”)
- tangkap muat (“to do something haphazardly; to take whatever is available”)
Descendants
Further reading
- "tangkap" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Mansaka
Verb
tangkap
- to accept
Maranao
Verb
tangkap
- to accept