tupai tanah

Malay

Etymology

From tupai (“squirrel”) +‎ tanah (“ground”).

Noun

tupai tanah (Jawi spelling توڤاي تانه, plural tupai-tupai tanah, informal 1st possessive tupai tanahku, 2nd possessive tupai tanahmu, 3rd possessive tupai tanahnya)

1. ground squirrel, a mammal of the subfamily Marmotini
2. (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.