cupang

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃupaŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃu.paŋ]
• Rhymes: -upaŋ
• Syllabification: cu‧pang

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

cupang (uncountable)

1. hickey, love-bite.

Derived terms

• mencupang

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese cupaṅ (“name of a fish and of a vegetable”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

Noun

cupang (plural cupang-cupang)

1. betta, Siamese fighting fish

   Synonyms: ikan adu Siam, ikan laga

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?].

Noun

cupang (plural cupang-cupang)

1. black magic.

Further reading

• “cupang”, 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