buang badan
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of buang (“to throw away”) + badan (“body”), literally “to throw away a body”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.aŋ ˈba.dan/
Verb
- (intransitive) to save oneself
Further reading
- “buang badan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.