celah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay celah, perhaps from Proto-Austronesian *Cəlaq (“crack, split, fissure”) with an irregular sound change from *C to c (instead of the expected *t).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈlah/ [t͡ʃəˈlah]
  • Rhymes: -ah
  • Syllabification: ce‧lah

Noun

celah

  1. gap (an opening in anything made by breaking or parting)
  2. fissure (a long, narrow crack or opening)

Derived terms

  • bercelah
  • bercelah-celah
  • secelah

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Celaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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