ketam nipah

Malay

Etymology

From ketam (“crab”) +‎ nipah (“nipa palm”).

Noun

ketam nipah (plural ketam-ketam nipah or ketam2 nipah)

  1. mud crab (crab of the genus Scylla)

Further reading

  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
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