tupai akar
Malay
Etymology
From tupai (“squirrel”) + akar (“root”).
Noun
tupai akar (Jawi spelling توڤاي اکر, plural tupai-tupai akar)
- treeshrew (mammal of the order Scandentia)
- Synonym: tupai muncung
Further reading
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.