alas kubur

Compound of alas +‎ kubur.

alas kubur (plural alas-alas kubur or para alas kubur)

1. (figurative) scapegoat

• “alas kubur”, 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

Literally "grave covering".

• IPA^(key): /a.las ku.bur/
• Hyphenation: a‧las‧ku‧bur
• Rhymes: -ur

alas kubur (Jawi spelling الس قبور, plural alas-alas kubur or alas² kubur)

1. (figurative) A person that carries other people's faults; scapegoat.

• “alas kubur” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 56.

• "alas kubur" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017