Etymology

Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#ALAS%20KUBUR alas kubur.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌalas ˈkubur/ [ˌa.las ˈku.bʊr]Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ALAS%20KUBUR
• Rhymes: -ubur
• Syllabification: a‧las ku‧bur

Noun

alas kubur (plural alas-alas kubur or para alas kubur)Category:Indonesian lemmas#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Indonesian nouns#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Indonesian multiword terms#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Pages with entries#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ALAS%20KUBUR

1. (figurative) scapegoat

Further reading

• “alas kubur”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Etymology

Compound of alas (“covering”) +‎ kubur (“grave”)Category:Malay compound terms#ALAS%20KUBUR. Literally, “grave covering”.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˌalas ˈkubo(r)/ [ˌa.las ˈku.bo(r)]Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#ALAS%20KUBUR
• Rhymes: -bo(r), -o(r)Category:Rhymes:Malay/bo(r)#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Rhymes:Malay/bo(r)/4 syllables#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Rhymes:Malay/o(r)#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Rhymes:Malay/o(r)/4 syllables#ALAS%20KUBUR
• (/a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˌalas ˈkubur/ [ˌa.las ˈku.bur]Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#ALAS%20KUBUR
• Rhymes: -bur, -urCategory:Rhymes:Malay/bur#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Rhymes:Malay/bur/4 syllables#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Rhymes:Malay/ur#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Rhymes:Malay/ur/4 syllables#ALAS%20KUBUR
• Hyphenation: a‧las‧ku‧bur

Noun

alas kubur (Jawi spelling الس قبور, plural alas-alas kubur or alas² kubur)Category:Malay lemmas#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Malay nouns#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Malay multiword terms#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Pages with entries#ALAS%20KUBURCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ALAS%20KUBUR

1. (figurative) A person that carries other people's faults; scapegoat.

References

• “alas kubur”, in Kamus Dewan Perdana (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2020, →ISBN, page 56

Further reading

• "alas kubur" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017