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