Word form | cicak |
LWT meaning(s) | |
Word meaning | House lizard |
Comments on word | Originally there were no specific terms for ‘garden lizard’ and ‘house lizard’; cicak meant ‘lizard’ in general (as it still does in Malaysian). After kadal ‘garden lizard’ was borrowed into Indonesia, the meaning of cicak was narrowed to ‘house lizard’. |
Analyzability | unanalyzable |
Age | Prehistorical [27] (500–500) |
Register | General |