calak

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃalaʔ/ [ˈt͡ʃa.laʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: ca‧lak

From Malay calak, from Persian چالاک (čâlâk).^[1]

calak (comparative lebih calak, superlative paling calak) (dialectal)

1. talkative (tending to talk a lot)

   Synonym: cerewet

2. naggy

   Synonym: bawel

3. good, beautiful, nice

   Synonyms: bagus, indah, elok

4. outstanding

   Synonym: cemerlang

From Minangkabau [Term?].

calak (plural calak-calak)

1. grindstone, whetstone

• “calak” 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.

From cały +‎ -ak. First attested in the 21st century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.lak/
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: ca‧lak
• Homophone: Calak

calak m animal

1. (colloquial) whole cigarette; unsmoked cigarette

   Hypernym: papieros

   • 2002 May 26, Marek Michalik, “W cztery oczy z ćwiarą”, in Gazeta Krakowska, "Polskapresse". Oddział "Prasa Krakowska":

     Zniszczone ręce i krojone na pół papierosy. - Jakbym palił po calaku, to już bym nie miał ramki, a tak to na cały dzień wystarcza.

     Ruined hands and cigarettes cut in half. - If I smoked a whole cigarette, I would no longer have a frame, but as it is, it is enough for the whole day.

• Maciej Czeszewski (2006) “calak”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, page 46