kereta lipan

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Malay

Etymology

Compound of kereta (car; carriage) +‎ lipan (centipede).

Noun

kereta lipan (plural kereta-kereta lipan, informal 1st possessive kereta lipanku, 2nd possessive kereta lipanmu, 3rd possessive kereta lipannya)

  1. (East Coast Peninsular) train
    Synonym: kereta api
  2. (Sarawak, Brunei) bulldozer
    Synonym: jentolak
    • 1959 March 4, “Empat jentera di-khianatkan”, in Pelita Brunei, page 6:
      Jentera2 yang telah dirosakkan itu ia-lah sa-buah roller, jentera perata tanah jenis 99H, dan dua buah kereta lipan jenis D.4.
      The damaged vehicles are a roller, a soil leveller and two D.4-type bulldozers.