tupai tanah
Malay
Etymology
From tupai (“squirrel”) + tanah (“ground”).
Noun
tupai tanah (Jawi spelling توڤاي تانه, plural tupai-tupai tanah)
- ground squirrel, a mammal of the subfamily Marmotini
- (general) chipmunk, a ground squirrel of the genus Tamias
- Synonyms: tupai belang, tupai kecil, cipmunk
Further reading
- “tupai tanah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.