sumbu pendek
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sumbu (“fuse”) + pendek (“short”).
Adjective
sumbu pendek (comparative lebih sumbu pendek, superlative paling sumbu pendek)
- short fuse, short temper
- emotional, hot-headed, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered, temperamental,
Further reading
- “sumbu pendek”, 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