gagap

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡap/ [ˈɡa.ɡap̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡap
  • Syllabification: ga‧gap

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay gagap, from Proto-Malayic *gagap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gapgap.[1]

Alternative forms

Adjective

gagap (comparative lebih gagap, superlative paling gagap)

  1. stammered, stuttered
  2. (figurative) illiterate: showing or marked by a lack of acquaintance with the fundamentals of a particular field of knowledge, knowing little or nothing about a particular subject

Noun

gagap (plural gagap-gagap)

  1. (uncountable, neurology, psychiatry, psychology) stammer, stutter (a speech disorder)
  2. (countable) an instance of stammering or stuttering
Derived terms
  • bergagap-gagap (“to stammer, stutter”)
  • kegagapan (“stammering, stuttering”)
  • menggagap (“to stammer, stutter”)
  • tergagap (“stammered, stuttered”)
  • tergagap-gagap (“to stammer, stutter; haltingly”)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *kapkap, from a reduplication of the root *-kap (“to feel, grope”).[2]

Verb

gagap (active menggagap, passive digagap)

  1. (dialectal) to grope or feel in the dark
    Near-synonym: raba-raba

References

  1. ^ Rober Blust and Stephen Trussel (21 June 2020) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition‎[1]
  2. ^ Rober Blust and Stephen Trussel (21 June 2020) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition‎[2]

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