cecak

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay cecak, onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaʔ/ [t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: ce‧cak === Noun === cêcak (plural cecak-cecak) common house gecko spotted, stripped ==== Alternative forms ==== cicak (common house gecko, Colloquial Indonesia) cicak (Brunei Standard, Malaysia, Singapore) cacak (common house gecko, Brunei) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “cecak”, 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 === Onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.t͡ʃaʔ/ Rhymes: -aʔ === Noun === cecak (Jawi spelling چچق, plural cecak-cecak or cecak2) (dialectal) house lizard, Hemidacytlus frenatus === Adjective === cecak (Jawi spelling چچق, comparative lebih cecak, superlative paling cecak) 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 === Further reading === "cecak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017