pendek tali
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of pendek (“short”) + tali (“rope”).
Adjective
pendek tali (comparative lebih pendek tali, superlative paling pendek tali)
- destitute, impecunious, impoverished, penniless, poor
- Synonyms: kurang mampu, miskin
Further reading
- “pendek tali”, 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