cacar

See also: càcar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃar/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃar]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃar
• Syllabification: ca‧car

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay cacar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cacar (plural cacar-cacar)

1. (pathology) variola, smallpox: An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks

   Synonyms: ketumbuhan, variola

Derived terms

• bercacar
• mencacar
• pencacar
• pencacaran

• cacar air
• cacar api
• cacar betul
• cacar daun
• cacar jeluntung
• cacar minor
• cacar monyet
• cacar nanah
• cacar pohon
• cacar sapi
• cacar ular
• cacar unggas
• cacar unggas air

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

cacar (comparative lebih cacar, superlative paling cacar)

1. restless

   Synonyms: cacau, lincah

Derived terms

• bercacar
• mencacar

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

Verb

cacar

1. (dialect) to mow the grass and trim the tree

Derived terms

• cacar banduang

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Karo Batak [Term?].

Verb

cacar

1. (dialect: Batak Karo) worn mats and so on which are laid out under new mats as a base

Etymology 5

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cacar (plural cacar-cacar)

1. term in the game of bekel when a player can take all the shells one by one

Further reading

• “cacar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃar]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃar, -ar

Noun

cacar (Jawi spelling چاچر, plural cacar-cacar or cacar²)

1. (pathology) variola, smallpox: An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pencacar [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pencacaran [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• mencacar [agent focus] (meN-)
• dicacar [patient focus] (di-)
• bercacar [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• cacar air
• cacar betul
• cacar jelutung
• cacar lembu
• cacar monyet
• cacar nanah
• cacar palsu
• tanam cacar

Further reading

• "cacar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sundanese

Noun

cacar (Sundanese script ᮎᮎᮁ)

1. chickenpox