cicak

See also: cicák and čičak

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ci‧cak

Noun

cicak (plural cicak-cicak, first-person possessive cicakku, second-person possessive cicakmu, third-person possessive cicaknya)

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

Malay

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Doublet of cecak.

Alternative forms

• cacak (dialect, Brunei Malay)
• چچک

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃaʔ/

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• 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

Etymology

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