tepuk
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tepuk, from tepik. The vowel sound change on the second syllable is unexpected.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈpuk/ [t̪əˈpʊk̚]
- Rhymes: -uk
- Syllabification: te‧puk
Noun
têpuk
Verb
têpuk (active menepuk, passive ditepuk)
- (transitive, somewhat uncommon) to clap
- Synonym: (uncommon) tepik
- (transitive, uncommon) to pat
- Synonym: (uncommon) tepik
Derived terms
Affixed terms
- bertepuk
- bertepuk-tepukan
- bertepukan
- penepuk
- tepuk-tepuk
- tepuk-tepukkan
- tepukan
- tepukkan
Compound terms
- tepuk nyamuk
- tepuk setan
- tepuk sorak
- tepuk tangan
- tepuk tari
Further reading
- “tepuk”, 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
Verb
tepuk (Jawi spelling تڤوق)
Further reading
- “tepuk”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017