tupai
Brunei Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu.paj/
Noun
tupai
- squirrel
Synonyms
- basing
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tupai.
Noun
tupai (first-person possessive tupaiku, second-person possessive tupaimu, third-person possessive tupainya)
- squirrel (rodent)
Synonyms
- bajing
Malay
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tupai̯/
- Rhymes: -upai̯, -pai̯, -ai̯
Noun
tupai (Jawi spelling توڤاي or توڤي, plural tupai-tupai, informal 1st possessive tupaiku, 2nd possessive tupaimu, 3rd possessive tupainya)
- squirrel (mammal of the order Rodentia)
- tree shrew (mammal of the order Scandentia)
Synonyms
- bajing / باجيڠ
Further reading
- “tupai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.