ketam rebab

Malay

Etymology

Compound of ketam (“crab”) +‎ rebab (“a type of string instrument”).

Pronunciation

  • (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA(key): /kəˌtam rəˈbab/ [kəˌt̪am rəˈbap̚]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧tam re‧bab

Noun

ketam rebab (plural ketam-ketam rebab or ketam2 rebab)

  1. fiddler crab (especially in the genus of Uca)

Further reading

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