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”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋkai̯/ [ˈbaŋ.kai̯]
• Rhymes: -aŋkai̯
• Syllabification: bang‧kai

bangkai (plural bangkai-bangkai)

1. carcass, the body of a dead animal

For human corpse, jenazah or mayat is used instead.

• bangké

• “bangkai”, 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

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

• IPA^(key): [bäŋ.käi̯]

bangkai (Jawi spelling بڠکاي, plural bangkai-bangkai)

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] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkay (possibly via Malay bangkai).

• IPA^(key): /baŋkaj/ [baŋ.kaj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: bang‧kai

bangkai

1. (vulgar) An expression of anger or frustration.^[1]

   Apo bangkai ko nia. ― The fuck is wrong with you.