celaka

Borrowed from Malay celaka.

celaka(Penang Hokkien)

1. damn it!

   Celaka!我袂記攑鎖匙。 [Penang Hokkien, trad.]
   Celaka!我袂记𫽥锁匙。 [Penang Hokkien, simp.]

   Celaka! Óa bē-kì-tit só-sî. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Damn it! I forgot my keys.

Inherited from Malay celaka, from Sanskrit छलक (chalaka, “delusive, cheating”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈlaka/ [t͡ʃəˈla.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ce‧la‧ka

cêlaka

1. wretched, unlucky

   Synonyms: apes, berat, sial

• “celaka”, 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

Borrowed from Sanskrit छलक (chalaka, “delusive, cheating”).

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃə.la.kə]

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  • Rhymes: -kə, -ə
• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃə.la.ka]

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  • Rhymes: -ka, -a
• Hyphenation: ce‧la‧ka

celaka (Jawi spelling چلاک, comparative lebih celaka, superlative paling celaka)

1. Wretched, unlucky.

   Synonyms: malang, sial

celaka (Jawi spelling چلاک, plural celaka-celaka or celaka²)

1. An accident (something that causes suffering).

   Synonyms: kecelakaan, kemalangan, kesialan

   1. (derogatory) A bastard.

celaka (Jawi spelling چلاک)

1. (vulgar) Used to express contempt or annoyance; damn.

   Synonyms: jahanam, sial

• → Hokkien: celaka (Penang)
• > Indonesian: celaka (inherited)

• "celaka" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017