kaki seribu

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of English millipede.

Noun

kaki seribu (first-person possessive kaki seribuku, second-person possessive kaki seribumu, third-person possessive kaki seribunya)

1. millipede

Verb

kaki seribu

1. To flee.

Further reading

• “kaki seribu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.