lipas kudung
التعريفات والمعاني
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of lipas (“cockroach”) + kudung (“amputated”), literally “amputated cockroach”.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA(key): /ˌlipas ˈkudoŋ/ [ˌli.pas ˈku.doŋ]
Rhymes: -udoŋ
(Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˌlipas ˈkuduŋ/ [ˌli.pas ˈku.duŋ]
Rhymes: -uduŋ
Hyphenation: li‧pas ku‧dung
=== Noun ===
lipas kudung (plural lipas-lipas kudung or lipas2 kudung)
(figurative) someone or something incredibly fast; greased lightning
=== Further reading ===
"lipas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017