Laughable Meanings of Flowers Names in Bahasa Malaysia
We often see these flowers in Malaysia. How many of us actually ask about the meanings of these flowers' names? I was delighted with the answers…
Buta-buta, “buta” is blind but buta-buta is this plant, which has no connection with defect of the sight, it’s only a name.
Fruit of Buta-buta, its other name is “Pong-pong”. For sure you can hear “Pong! Pong!” sound when it falls into the water
Who has ever chewed daun kerup gelanggang…is it crispy? Kerup isthe sound produced when you crunch prawn crackers. Daun kerupmeans “crispy leaves”.
Janda Kaya. Janda is either widow or divorcee. Chinese will thinkthis is a rich divorcee because she is celebrating her new singleness in red.
Janda Kaya “berpakaian” putih. Chinese widows put on whitegarment to mourn their dead husbands, so this must be a rich widow
Kacang hantu, “Devil’s pea”. It is also a Malay Idiom for baddies.
This is not kacang hantu, this is kacang telang. I feel hungry to think of nyonya snacks and kerabu rice dyed blue by this flower.
One of my favourite childhood game, we squirted water from this part of the flower, so there was no need to buy toy guns.
Bunga Pancut-pancut, “Squirting flower”
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