Cerucuh (also written as cheruchoh, charochah, cheruchup, cerucah, and cerucup) is an ancient, small Malay trading boat. One of the earliest record of cerucuh has a background of 14th century, being mentioned in
Malay Annals
The ''Malay Annals'' ( Malay: ''Sejarah Melayu'', Jawi: ), originally titled ''Sulalatus Salatin'' (''Genealogy of Kings''), is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanat ...
which was composed no earlier than 17th century, being used by
Majapahit empire
Majapahit (; (eastern and central dialect) or (western dialect)), also known as Wilwatikta (; ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia). At its greatest ...
during the first
Majapahit attack on Singapura (1350). Malay Annals recorded:
''Maka betara Majapahitpun menitahkan hulubalangnya berlengkap perahu akan menyerang Singapura itu, seratus buah jung; lain dari itu beberapa melangbing dan kelulus, jongkong, cerucuh, tongkang, tiada terhisabkan lagi banyaknya''.
So the king of Majapahit ordered his war commander to equip vessels for attacking Singapore, a hundred jong; other than that a few melangbing and kelulus; jongkong, cerucuh, tongkang, all in uncountable numbers.[See Muljana (2005). p. 65 and Nugroho (2011). p. 271, quoting ''Sejarah Melayu'', 5.4: 47.]
See also
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Kelulus
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Jongkong
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Pelang
Pelang or pilang is a traditional boat from Indonesia and Malaysia. It may refer to several different types of boats in the Nusantara, but commonly they refer to an outrigger canoe. The function differs from where they were used, from transport ...
References
Further reading
* Muljana, Slamet (2005)
Menuju Puncak Kemegahan; Sejarah Kerajaan Majapahit Lkis Pelangi Aksara. .
* Nugroho, Irawan Djoko (2011). ''Majapahit Peradaban Maritim''. Suluh Nuswantara Bakti. .
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