cecak

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cecak

Etymology

From Malay cecak, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cê‧cak

Noun

cêcak (plural cecak-cecak, first-person possessive cecakku, second-person possessive cecakmu, third-person possessive cecaknya)

  1. common house gecko.
  2. spotted, stripped

Alternative forms

  • (common house gecko): cicak (Colloquial Indonesia), cicak (Standard Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
  • (common house gecko): cacak (Brunei Malay)

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Malay

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicak.

Pronunciation

Noun

cecak (Jawi spelling چچق, plural cecak-cecak, informal 1st possessive cecakku, 2nd possessive cecakmu, 3rd possessive cecaknya)

  1. (dialectal) house lizard, Hemidacytlus frenatus

Adjective

cecak (Jawi spelling چچق)

  1. spotted, speckled, fine-striped

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

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