Etymology

Affixation of ber- +‎ cakapCategory:Malay terms prefixed with ber-#CAKAP.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /bə(r)ˈt͡ʃakap/ [bə(r)ˈt͡ʃa.kap̚]Category:Malay 3-syllable words#BERCAKAPCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#BERCAKAP
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bərˈt͡ʃakap/ [bərˈt͡ʃa.kap̚]Category:Malay 3-syllable words#BERCAKAPCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#BERCAKAP
• Hyphenation: ber‧ca‧kap

Verb

bercakap (Jawi spelling برچاکڤ)Category:Malay lemmas#BERCAKAPCategory:Malay verbs#BERCAKAPCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BERCAKAPCategory:Pages with entries#BERCAKAPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BERCAKAP (intransitiveCategory:Malay intransitive verbs#BERCAKAP)

1. To speak:
   1. To have a conversation.

      Synonyms: berbual, berborak, bersembang

   2. To communicate (in a language).

      Synonyms: berbahasa, bertutur, berbicara

2. To say.

   Synonyms: berkata, bersembah (honorific)

Further reading

• "bercakap" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017