cupak
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃupak/ [ˈt͡ʃu.pak̚]
- Rhymes: -upak
- Syllabification: cu‧pak
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay cupak. Semantic loan from Mandar [Term?].
Noun
cupak (plural cupak-cupak)
- a cubic measure equal to a quarter of a gantang
- (dialect Riau) large coconut shell used as a measure for rice
- cupula (a cup-shaped or dome-shaped object)
- (botany) cupule (a cup-shaped structure made of hardened, fused bracts (modified leaves) that encloses the base of a frui)
- (photography) bellows (the accordion-like, pleated expandable part of a camera, usually a large or medium format camera, to allow the lens to be moved with respect to the focal plane for focusing)
- head of the bowl of opium pipe
- (dialect Mandar) a tool made from coconut shell, with a hole in the middle with a diameter of 4-6 cm, used to filter rowang before it is processed into typical Mandar coconut oil
Usage notes
Used for measuring rice, beans, etc.
Derived terms
- dicupak
- mencupak
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay cupak (Jambi Malay).
Noun
cupak (plural cupak-cupak)
- (dialect Jambi) a rectangular woven bamboo container for holding rice seeds to be sown
Further reading
- “cupak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃupak/ [ˈt͡ʃu.paʔ]
- Rhymes: -paʔ, -aʔ
- Hyphenation: cu‧pak
Noun
cupak (Jawi spelling چوڤق, uncountable)
Usage notes
Used for measuring rice, beans, etc.
Derived terms
Affixations
- dicupak
- mencupak
Descendants
Further reading
- "cupak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017