lidah buaya
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of lidah (“tongue”) + buaya (“crocodile”), from Malay lidah buaya.
Noun
lidah buaya (plural lidah-lidah buaya)
Further reading
- “lidah buaya”, 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
From lidah (“tongue”) + buaya (“crocodile”).
Noun
lidah buaya (Jawi spelling ليده بوايا, plural lidah-lidah buaya)
Further reading
- “lidah buaya”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017