cepu

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃəˈpu]
• Hyphenation: cê‧pu

From Malay cepu, from Tamil செப்பு (ceppu).

cepu (plural cepu-cepu)

1. small box

• cepuk
• cupu

Probably from Baba Malay chepuak (“belong to particular group”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

cepu (plural cepu-cepu)

1. police informant
2. (slang) snitch

• “cepu” 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.

cepu

1. first-person singular present/past indicative of cept

Borrowed from Tamil செப்பு (ceppu).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəpu/
• Rhymes: -əpu, -pu, -u

cepu (Jawi spelling چڤو, plural cepu-cepu)

1. a round-lidded vessel made out of silver or wood etc. to store betel, tobacco, gambier etc.

• Indonesian: cepu
• → Old Javanese: cupu
  • > Javanese: ꦕꦸꦥꦸ (cupu) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: cupu
• → Gayo: cerpu

• “cepu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.pu/
• Rhymes: -ɛpu
• Syllabification: ce‧pu

cepu m inan

1. genitive singular of cep

cepu

1. dative singular of cep