cempedak
English
Noun
cempedak (usually uncountable, plural cempedaks)
- Alternative form of chempedak.
Malay
Etymology
Cognate of Minangkabau cubadak, Iban temedak and Banjarese tiwadak. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “could be reconstructed as Proto-Malayic or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmbadak?”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃəmpədak/ [ˈt͡ʃəm.pə.daʔ]
- Rhymes: -əmpədak
- Hyphenation: cem‧pe‧dak
Noun
cempedak (Jawi spelling چمڤدق, plural cempedak-cempedak)
Descendants
- → English: chempedak
- → Dutch: tjampedak
- > Indonesian: cempedak (inherited)
- → Russian: Чемпедак (Čempedak)
- → Tamil: சிமிட்டாய் (cimiṭṭāy)
- → Thai: จำปาดะ (jam-bpaa-dà) (semi-learned)
Further reading
- “cempedak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.