tupai

== Brunei Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu.paj/ === Noun === tupai squirrel ==== Synonyms ==== basing == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay tupai, from Proto-Malayic *tupay. According to proponents of Greater North Borneo branch, from *tupay "squirrel", displacing earlier term *buhət. 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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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. Cognate with Bonggi tufi (“squirrel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtupaj/ [ˈt̪u.pai̯] Rhymes: -upai̯ Hyphenation: tu‧pai === Noun === tupai (Jawi spelling توڤاي, plural tupai-tupai or tupai2) squirrel (mammal of the order Rodentia) Synonym: bajing tree shrew (mammal of the order Scandentia) Synonyms: tupai akar, tupai muncung (obsolete, nautical) caboose (a small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: tupai (inherited) === References === === Further reading === "tupai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017