ceruk
Appearance
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Malay ceruk (“corner, nook”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈruk/ [t͡ʃəˈrʊk̚]
- Rhymes: -uk
- Syllabification: ce‧ruk
Noun
[edit]ceruk (plural ceruk-ceruk)
- hole, hollow
- Synonym: lubang
- nook:
- recess (in a place or a space)
- cranny: small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink
- niche: cavity, hollow, or recess
- Synonym: relung
- alcove: small recessed area
- blind alley, lane.
- inlet
- Synonym: serokan
- cavity
- Synonym: rongga
- shaft
- Synonym: lombong
- cave (in a mountain)
- Synonym: gua
- corner (in a room)
- (anatomy, rare) alveolus
- Synonym: alveolus
- (geology, rare) cockpit
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ceruk”, 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