tupai
Brunei Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu.paj/
Noun
tupai
Synonyms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tupai, from Proto-Malayic *tupay. According to proponents of Greater North Borneo branch, from *tupay "squirrel", displacing earlier term *buhət.[1] Cognate with Bonggi tufi (“squirrel”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtupai̯/ [ˈt̪u.pai̯]
- Rhymes: -upai̯
- Syllabification: tu‧pai
Noun
tupai (plural tupai-tupai)
- squirrel (mammal of the order Rodentia)
- Synonym: bajing
- tree shrew (mammal of the order Scandentia)
References
Further reading
- “tupai” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Malayic *tupay. According to proponents of Greater North Borneo branch, from *tupay "squirrel", displacing earlier term *buhət.[1] Cognate with Bonggi tufi (“squirrel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtupaj/ [ˈt̪u.pai̯]
- Rhymes: -upai̯
- Hyphenation: tu‧pai
Noun
tupai (Jawi spelling توڤاي, plural tupai-tupai)
- squirrel[2] (mammal of the order Rodentia)
- Synonym: bajing
- tree shrew[3] (mammal of the order Scandentia)
- Synonyms: tupai akar, tupai muncung
- (obsolete, nautical) caboose[4] (a small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- ekor tupai (“a type of plant”)
- pokok tupai (“a type of tree”)
- sarang tupai (“ squirrel's nest”)
- tupai akar (“tree shrew”)
- tupai belang (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai biji nangka (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai cerlih (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai daun (“an unidentified type of squirrel”)
- tupai gading (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai galang perahu (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai gerabak (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai janjang (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai jinjing (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai kampung (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai kelabak (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai kelapa (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai kerawah (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai kerawak (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai kerawak hitam (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai kericik (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai lengkuas (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai melompat (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai merah (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai mondok (“an unidentified type of squirrel”)
- tupai muncung (“tree shrew”)
- tupai nandung (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai naning (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai nyiur (“a type of squirrel”)
- tupai puar (“a type of tree shrew”)
- tupai sampah (“an unidentified type of squirrel”)
- tupai tanah (“a type of tree shrew”)
- tupai tanah belang panjang (“a type of tree shrew”)
- tupai tanah belang pendek (“a type of tree shrew”)
- tupai-tupai (“squirrels; cleat on a boat;”)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: tupai (inherited)
References
- ^ Blust, Robert (2010) “The Greater North Borneo Hypothesis”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 49, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 44–118
- ^ "tupai" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- ^ "tupai" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- ^ Wilkinson, R. J. (1901) “توڤي tupai”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited
Further reading
- “tupai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.