cicak

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See also: cicák and čičak

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ci‧cak

Noun

cicak (plural cicak-cicak)

  1. Nonstandard form of cecak (“common house gecko”).

Malay

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Doublet of cecak.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃaʔ/
  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

cicak (Jawi spelling چيچق, plural cicak-cicak, informal 1st possessive cicakku, 2nd possessive cicakmu, 3rd possessive cicaknya)

  1. lizard
    1. house lizard, Hemidacytlus frenatus
    2. any legged reptile larger than a gecko and smaller than a monitor lizard
      cicak terbang: Draco volans

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “چيچق chichak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 275
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “chichak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 294

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