tahi bintang

Malay

Etymology

tahi (“excrement, dropping”) +‎ bintang (“star”)

Noun

tahi bintang (Jawi spelling تاهي بينتڠ, plural tahi-tahi bintang, informal 1st possessive tahi bintangku, 2nd possessive tahi bintangmu, 3rd possessive tahi bintangnya)

1. shooting star, meteor

Further reading

• “tahi bintang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.