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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay camca, from Hindi चमचा (camcā), from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča, čumča), ultimately of Turkic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam.t͡ʃa/,
- Hyphenation: cam‧ca
Noun
camca (first-person possessive camcaku, second-person possessive camcamu, third-person possessive camcanya)
- small spoon; teaspoon
- Synonym: sendok teh
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Hindi चमचा (camcā), from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča, čumča), ultimately of Turkic origin.
Chuah (2010) erroneously identifies the source of this word as a compound of Min Nan 攕 (chhiám) (variant: 鋟／锓 (chhiám)) and 叉 (chha) by relating Min Nan 攕仔 (chhiám-á, “fork”) with its Mandarin synonym 叉子 (chāzi, “fork”).
Pronunciation
Noun
camca (Jawi spelling چمچا, plural camca-camca, informal 1st possessive camcaku, 2nd possessive camcamu, 3rd possessive camcanya)
- spoon
- Synonym: sudu
Descendants
See also
References
- Wexler, Paul (2006) Jewish and Non-Jewish Creators of “Jewish” Languages, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 374
- Chow Chai Khim (周凯琴) (2010) 马来西亚汉语和马来语借词相互渗透之研究 [The Study of Loanwords between Chinese Language and Malay Language in Malaysia] (in Chinese), archived from the original on 25 December 2019, page 95
- Chuah Chong-Cheng (蔡崇正) (2010 March) 汉语根源之马来西亚、印度尼西亚语文 [Chinese language roots in Malaysian and Indonesian language] (in Chinese), 槟城：马来西亚理科大学教学咨询所, pages 1-85
Further reading