cepu

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃəˈpu]
• Hyphenation: cê‧pu

From Malay cepu, from Tamil செப்பு (ceppu).

cepu (first-person possessive cepuku, second-person possessive cepumu, third-person possessive cepunya)

1. small box

• cepuk

Probably from Baba Malay chepuak (“belong to particular group”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

cepu (first-person possessive cepuku, second-person possessive cepumu, third-person possessive cepunya)

1. police informant
2. (slang) snitch

• “cepu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

cepu

1. 1st person singular present indicative form of cept
2. 1st person singular past indicative form of cept

Borrowed from Tamil செப்பு (ceppu).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəpu/
• Rhymes: -əpu, -pu, -u

cepu (Jawi spelling چڤو‎, plural cepu-cepu, informal 1st possessive cepuku, 2nd possessive cepumu, 3rd possessive cepunya)

1. a round-lidded vessel made out of silver or wood etc. to store betel, tobacco, gambier etc.

• Indonesian: cepu

• “cepu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.pu/
• Rhymes: -ɛpu
• Syllabification: ce‧pu

cepu m inan

1. genitive singular of cep

cepu

1. dative singular of cep