celup

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay celup.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈlup/ [t͡ʃəˈlʊp̚]
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: ce‧lup

Verb

cêlup (active mencelup, passive dicelup)

1. to dip

   Synonym: cocol

Derived terms

• bercelup
• celupan
• mencelup
• mencelupkan
• pencelup
• pencelupan
• tercelup

Further reading

• “celup”, 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

Etymology 1

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Sense of "fake" comes from the action of dipping something in paint (cf. parallel in English paint job, veneer)

Verb

celup (Jawi spelling چلوڤ)

1. to dunk, to dip, to submerge briefly in some liquid (tea, milk, batter)
2. (rare) to soak or steep in a liquid for a long time (dye, broth etc.)

   Synonym: rendam

Adjective

celup (comparative lebih celup, superlative paling celup)

1. (informal, Malaysia) fake, pretend, posing

   Synonyms: acah, pura-pura

   Adik aku ni Jepun celup, cakapan dia je membongkak macam watak wira anime. ― My sib's a weeaboo [lit. 'pretend Japanese'], just the way he speaks is boastly like an anime hero character.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

celup

1. slosh, sound of trodden mud or puddles
2. plop, sound of something dropped into a liquid

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “چلڤ tjĕloep”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 112
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “چلڤ chĕlup”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 260
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “chĕlop”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 202

Further reading

• "celup" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017