kakerlak

See also: Kakerlak

Danish
kakerlak

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak or German Kakerlake.

Noun

kakerlak c (singular definite kakerlakken, plural indefinite kakerlakker)

  1. cockroach

Declension
Declension of kakerlak
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kakerlak kakerlakken kakerlakker kakerlakkerne
genitive kakerlaks kakerlakkens kakerlakkers kakerlakkernes

Descendants
  • Icelandic: kakkalakki

Indonesian
kakerlak

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kakərˈlak̚]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧kêr‧lak

Noun

kakerlak (plural kakerlak-kakerlak, first-person possessive kakerlakku, second-person possessive kakerlakmu, third-person possessive kakerlaknya)

  1. (colloquial, rare) cockroach: a black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
    Synonyms: cecunguk, coro, kecoak, kepuyuk, lipas
  2. (derogatory, rare, dated) European: person living or originating from Europe.

References
  1. “kakarlak”, Office of the Moluccan Languages, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia

Further reading
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