anak lidah

Malay

Etymology

anak (“child”) +‎ lidah (“tongue”), from Proto-Malayic *anak dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *anak dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *anak dilah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anaʔ.lidah/
  • Rhymes: -idah, -dah, -ah

Noun

anak lidah (Jawi spelling انق ليده, plural anak-anak lidah)

  1. (anatomy) Uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate)
    • 1965, Shahnon Ahmad, Debu merah, page 83:
      Gembong ketawa terbahak2 hinggakan ternampak jelas anak lidah-nya merah terkodek2.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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