Where does “tupai belang” come from?

tupai belang (Malay) comes from Malay tupai, from Quechua tupay — meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring.

tupai belang (Malay): chipmunk, a rodent of the genus Tamias

Definitions

  1. chipmunk, a rodent of the genus Tamias

Ancestry of “tupai belang”, step by step

tupai belang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tupai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytupaisquirrel; tree shrew
2Quechuatupaymeeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring

via Malay belang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybelangstripe
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