anjing gila
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of anjing (“dog”) + gila (“crazy, mad”), calque of Dutch hondsdolheid (“rabies”).
Noun
anjing gila (plural anjing-anjing gila)
Descendants
- → Tetum: anjing gila
Further reading
- “anjing gila”, 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
Tetum
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian anjing gila (“rabies”).
Noun
Further reading
- Catharina Williams-van Klinken (2023), GLOSARIU termu saude ho mediku (Tetun/Ingles) [Tetun/English glossary of health and medical terms] (in Tetum), Dili: Dili Institute of Technology