anai-anai

From Malay anai-anai, from Classical Malay اناي-اناي (anai-anai), اناي٢ (anai2), from Proto-Malayic *anay-anay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay, from Proto-Austronesian *aNay.

• IPA^(key): /a.nai̯.a.nai̯/
• Rhymes: -nai̯, -ai̯

anai-anai (first-person possessive anai-anaiku, second-person possessive anai-anaimu, third-person possessive anai-anainya)

1. termite

   Synonyms: rayap, semut putih

From Proto-Malayic *anay-anay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay, from Proto-Austronesian *aNay.

• IPA^(key): /anai̯.anai̯/
• Rhymes: -nai̯, -ai̯, -i

anai-anai (plural anai-anai, informal 1st possessive anai-anaiku, 2nd possessive anai-anaimu, 3rd possessive anai-anainya)

1. termite (insect)

• Indonesian: anai-anai

• "anai-anai" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “anai-anai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.