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Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sundanese cécél (“damaged; grazed, skinned”) or Javanese ꦕꦺꦕꦺꦭ꧀ (cècèl, “notch”).
Noun
tjetjel
- graze
- tjetjel-tjetjel sadja[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Tjoe Bou San (1907) Pembalesan Kedji (in Peranakan Indonesian), Sin Po, page 13