celapa

Malay

Alternative forms

• celepa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *calapaʔ (“betel nut case”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.la.pa/
• Rhymes: -əlapa, -lapa, -apa, -pa, -a

Noun

celapa (plural celapa-celapa, informal 1st possessive celapaku, 2nd possessive celapamu, 3rd possessive celapanya)

1. (Brunei Malay, Sarawak Malay) an oblong betel box

Further reading

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.