cempedak

English

Noun

cempedak (usually uncountable, plural cempedaks)

  1. 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)

  1. chempedak (fruit)
    Synonyms: baroh (Riau-Lingga, Johor), tibadak (Brunei)

Descendants

  • English: chempedak
  • Dutch: tjampedak
  • > Indonesian: cempedak (inherited)
  • Russian: Чемпедак (Čempedak)
  • Tamil: சிமிட்டாய் (cimiṭṭāy)
  • Thai: จำปาดะ (jam-bpaa-dà) (semi-learned)

Further reading