laki-laki

• lelaki

cognate with Malay laki-laki, Reduplication of laki

• IPA^(key): /la.ki.la.ki/

laki-laki

1. male person; man or boy

• bini-bini (“female”)

laki-laki

1. (humans) male

• bini-bini (“female”)

• jantan

From Malay laki-laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Madurese lalake, Tagalog lalaki); Full reduplication of laki.

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laki-laki

1. human male

• pria (of humans)
• jantan (of animals and plants)

• perempuan (of humans)
• betina (of animals and plants)

laki-laki (first-person possessive laki-lakiku, second-person possessive laki-lakimu, third-person possessive laki-lakinya)

1. male
2. boy

   Seorang laki-laki yang tampan

   A handsome man

• “laki-laki” 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.

• lelaki
• لاکي٢
• للاکي

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Madurese lalake, Tagalog lalaki); Full reduplication of laki.

• IPA^(key): /laki laki/
• Rhymes: -aki, -ki, -i

laki-laki (Jawi spelling لاکي٢)

1. Alternative form of lelaki