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celah

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəˈlah/

“celah” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. gap; slit; crevice; fissure; crack (a narrow opening).
  2. space; interspace (the area between two things).

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Austronesian *Cəlaq (“crack, split, fissure”) with an irregular sound change from *C to c (instead of the expected *t).

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