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)

  1. a cubic measure equal to a quarter of a gantang
  2. (dialect Riau) large coconut shell used as a measure for rice
  3. cupula (a cup-shaped or dome-shaped object)
  4. (botany) cupule (a cup-shaped structure made of hardened, fused bracts (modified leaves) that encloses the base of a frui)
  5. (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)
  6. head of the bowl of opium pipe
  7. (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)

  1. (dialect Jambi) a rectangular woven bamboo container for holding rice seeds to be sown

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃupak/ [ˈt͡ʃu.paʔ]
  • Rhymes: -paʔ, -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: cu‧pak

Noun

cupak (Jawi spelling چوڤق, uncountable)

  1. a cubic measure equal to a quarter of a gantang or 1.14 litre.

Usage notes

Used for measuring rice, beans, etc.

Derived terms

Affixations
  • dicupak
  • mencupak

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: cupak (inherited)
  • Macanese: chupa
  • ? Spanish: chupa

Further reading