bangkai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkay. Cognate of Tagalog bangkay (“cadaver, corpse”).

• IPA^(key): [baŋ.kai]

bangkai

1. carcass, the body of a dead animal.
2. corpse

From Malay bangkai, from Classical Malay bangkai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkay. Cognate of Tagalog bangkay (“cadaver, corpse”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋ.kai̯]
• Hyphenation: bang‧kai

bangkai (first-person possessive bangkaiku, second-person possessive bangkaimu, third-person possessive bangkainya)

1. carcass, the body of a dead animal.

For human corpse, jenazah or mayat is used instead.

• bangké

• “bangkai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkay. Cognate of Tagalog bangkay (“cadaver, corpse”).

• IPA^(key): [bäŋ.käi̯]

bangkai (Jawi spelling بڠکاي, plural bangkai-bangkai, informal 1st possessive bangkaiku, 2nd possessive bangkaimu, 3rd possessive bangkainya)

1. carcass, the body of a dead animal.
2. items that are broken and cannot be fixed anymore.

• Indonesian: bangkai

• “bangkai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.