cecak
See also: cĕcak
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay cecak, onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaʔ/ [t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ce‧cak
Noun
cêcak (plural cecak-cecak)
Alternative forms
- cicak (common house gecko, Colloquial Indonesia)
- cicak (Standard Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
- cacak (common house gecko, Brunei)
Derived terms
- cecak tanah
- cecak terbang
See also
Further reading
- “cecak”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.t͡ʃaʔ/
- Rhymes: -aʔ
Noun
cecak (Jawi spelling چچق, plural cecak-cecak)
- (dialectal) house lizard, Hemidacytlus frenatus
Adjective
cecak (Jawi spelling چچق)
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “چچق tjĕtjak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 154
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “چچق chĕchak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 249
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “chĕchak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 194
Etymology
- “cecak”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017