periuk nasi
Malay
Etymology
From periuk (“pot”) + nasi (“cooked rice”).
Noun
periuk nasi (plural periuk-periuk nasi)
- rice cooker
- (idiomatic) source of income, daily bread
- Periuk nasi nelayan terjejas akibat kerja-kerja penambakan.
- The fishermen's source of income are affected due to land reclamation work.
References
- “periuk nasi”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017