anak merah
Malay
Etymology
Compound of anak (“child”) + merah (“red”), literally “red child”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌanak ˈmerah/ [ˌa.naʔ ˈme.rah]
- Rhymes: -erah
Noun
anak mérah (Jawi spelling انق ميره, plural anak-anak merah or anak2 merah)
- neonate (newborn infant)
Further reading
- "anak merah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017