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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay camca, from Hindi चमचा (camcā), from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča, čumča), ultimately of Turkic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam.t͡ʃa/, [ˈt͡ʃam.t͡ʃa]
  • Hyphenation: cam‧ca

Noun

camca (plural camca-camca)

  1. small spoon; teaspoon
    Synonym: sendok teh

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Malay

Etymology

From Hindi चमचा (camcā), from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča, čumča), ultimately of Turkic origin.

Chuah (2010) erroneously identifies the source of this word as a compound of Min Nan 攕 (chhiám) (variant: 鋟／锓 (chhiám)) and 叉 (chha) by relating Min Nan 攕仔 (chhiám-á, “fork”) with its Mandarin synonym 叉子 (chāzi, “fork”).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃamt͡ʃə/ [ˈt͡ʃam.t͡ʃə]
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃamt͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃam.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃə, -ə
  • Hyphenation: cam‧ca

Noun

camca (Jawi spelling چمچا, plural camca-camca or camca2)

  1. spoon
    Synonym: sudu

Descendants

  • Indonesian: camca

See also

References

  • Wexler, Paul (2006), Jewish and Non-Jewish Creators of “Jewish” Languages, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 374
  • Chow Chai Khim (周凯琴) (2010), 马来西亚汉语和马来语借词相互渗透之研究 [The Study of Loanwords between Chinese Language and Malay Language in Malaysia]‎ (in Chinese), archived from the original on 25 December 2019, page 95
  • Chuah Chong-Cheng (蔡崇正) (March 2010), 汉语根源之马来西亚、印度尼西亚语文 [Chinese language roots in Malaysian and Indonesian language] (in Chinese), 槟城：马来西亚理科大学教学咨询所, pages 1-85

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