kambing batu
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kambing (“goat”) + batu (“stone”).
Noun
[edit]- (Sarawak, euphemistic) A pig.
Usage notes
[edit]- Often used by non-Muslim Sarawakians when talking to Muslim Sarawakians out of respect.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Asmah Haji Omar (2018) “Malayic aborigines of Malaysia: A study in subgrouping”, in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal[1], volume 5, number 3, page 464:
- This attitude is also observed among the Iban of Sarawak, who would not use the Iban or Malay word for pig when talking to a Muslim, but instead resort to an idiom couched in the Malay language, kambing batu which can be literally translated as "a goat which looks like a rock" (kambing = goat, batu = stone).