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chapteh
Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to
non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
chapteh chaptek chatek chap te
capteh
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Malay:
capteh
Detailed etymology
definitions
noun
- A popular traditional game which involves trying to keep a shuttlecock in the air primarily using the feet, with other parts of the leg or body except the hands often also allowed. The shuttlecock is made of a bunch of colourful rooster feathers attached at the quills to a weighted base of rubber and/or metal discs. Some modern examples may use plastic feathers or a plastic base.
It is similar in concept to keepie-uppies (using a shuttlecock instead of a football), and similarly can be played by passing the shuttlecock between multiple players while keeping it airborne.
The game originated in the Han dynasty of ancient China, and is known as 毽子, jiàn zi ("little shuttlecock") in Chinese.[1] - the shuttlecock used to play the game of capteh