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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sundanese ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪ (cucunguk)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.t͡ʃʊ.ŋʊk/, /t͡ʃə.t͡ʃʊ.ŋʊʔ/
- Hyphenation: cê‧cu‧nguk
Noun
cêcunguk
- cockroach
- Synonym: kecoak
- (figuratively, colloquial) spy; secret agent (during colonial times)
- (figuratively, colloquial) petty criminal; petty thief
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Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sundanese ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪ (cucunguk)
Pronunciation
Noun
cecunguk (Jawi spelling چچوڠوق, plural cecunguk-cecunguk, informal 1st possessive cecungukku, 2nd possessive cecungukmu, 3rd possessive cecunguknya)
- cockroach
- (colloquial) spy; secret agent (during colonial times)
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