Bahasa Melayu

cheese

Bahasa Melayu

English

stingy, miserly, cheap

Cheese in this sense describes a person who is very stingy with money or things.

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Janganlah kedekut sangat ketika membantu kawan.

    Don't be so stingy when helping a friend.

  2. Dia memang terkenal sebagai orang yang kedekut.

    He is well known as a stingy person.

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kedekut

It refers to someone who is very stingy.

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.