Bahasa Melayu
cheese
English
stingy, miserly, cheap
Cheese in this sense describes a person who is very stingy with money or things.
Examples
Contoh ayat
Janganlah kedekut sangat ketika membantu kawan.
Don't be so stingy when helping a friend.
Dia memang terkenal sebagai orang yang kedekut.
He is well known as a stingy person.
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What does “cheese-paring” mean in Malay?
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kedekut
It refers to someone who is very stingy.
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