ketam bunga
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Baku) IPA(key): /kəˌtam ˈbuŋa/ [kəˌt̪am ˈbu.ŋa]
- Rhymes: -uŋa
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /kəˌtam ˈbuŋə/ [kəˌt̪am ˈbu.ŋə]
- Rhymes: -uŋə
- Hyphenation: ke‧tam bu‧nga
Noun
ketam bunga (plural ketam-ketam bunga or ketam2 bunga)
- a type of crab, flower crab; Portunus pelagicus
- Synonyms: ketam renjong, ketam perapat
- Synonym: rajungan bunga (Indonesia)
- (dialectal, Malacca) a type of tool used to make grooves in pieces of board.
Further reading
- "ketam bunga" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017