cicak
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Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃak/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃak̚]
- Rhymes: -it͡ʃak
- Syllabification: ci‧cak
Noun
[edit]cicak (plural cicak-cicak)
- (proscribed, common) alternative form of cecak (“common house gecko”)
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic. Doublet of cecak.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cicak (Jawi spelling چيچق, plural cicak-cicak)
- lizard
- house lizard, Hemidacytlus frenatus
- any legged reptile larger than a gecko and smaller than a monitor lizard
- cicak terbang: Draco volans
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]- “cicak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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- Rhymes:Malay/aʔ
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- Malay lemmas
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- ms:Reptiles