tupai

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.paj/

Noun

tupai

1. squirrel

Synonyms

• basing

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tupai, from Proto-Malayic *tupay. According to proponents of Greater North Borneo branch, from *tupay "squirrel", displacing earlier term *buhət. Cognate with Bonggi tufi (“squirrel”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtupai̯/ [ˈt̪u.pai̯]
• Rhymes: -upai̯
• Syllabification: tu‧pai

Noun

tupai (plural tupai-tupai)

1. squirrel (mammal of the order Rodentia)

   Synonym: bajing

2. tree shrew (mammal of the order Scandentia)

Further reading

• “tupai”, 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

A tupai spotted near a shrub.

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Malayic *tupay. According to proponents of Greater North Borneo branch, from *tupay "squirrel", displacing earlier term *buhət. Cognate with Bonggi tufi (“squirrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtupaj/ [ˈt̪u.pai̯]
• Rhymes: -upai̯
• Hyphenation: tu‧pai

Noun

tupai (Jawi spelling توڤاي, plural tupai-tupai or tupai²)

1. squirrel (mammal of the order Rodentia)

   Synonym: bajing

2. tree shrew (mammal of the order Scandentia)

   Synonyms: tupai akar, tupai muncung

3. (obsolete, nautical) caboose (a small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• ekor tupai (“a type of plant”)
• pokok tupai (“a type of tree”)
• sarang tupai (“ squirrel's nest”)
• tupai akar (“tree shrew”)
• tupai belang (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai biji nangka (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai cerlih (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai daun (“an unidentified type of squirrel”)
• tupai gading (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai galang perahu (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai gerabak (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai janjang (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai jinjing (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai kampung (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai kelabak (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai kelapa (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai kerawah (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai kerawak (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai kerawak hitam (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai kericik (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai lengkuas (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai melompat (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai merah (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai mondok (“an unidentified type of squirrel”)
• tupai muncung (“tree shrew”)
• tupai nandung (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai naning (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai nyiur (“a type of squirrel”)
• tupai puar (“a type of tree shrew”)
• tupai sampah (“an unidentified type of squirrel”)
• tupai tanah (“a type of tree shrew”)
• tupai tanah belang panjang (“a type of tree shrew”)
• tupai tanah belang pendek (“a type of tree shrew”)
• tupai-tupai (“squirrels; cleat on a boat;”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tupai (inherited)

Further reading

• "tupai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tupai" at PRPM first version)