cecak

See also: cĕcak

Indonesian

cecak

Etymology

From Malay cecak, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaʔ]
• 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)

Derived terms

• cecak tanah
• cecak terbang

 

See also

• tokek

 

Further reading

• “cecak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.t͡ʃaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ

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

Etymology

• “cecak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.