Etymology

Compound of sumbu (“fuse”) +‎ pendek (“short”)Category:Indonesian compound terms#SUMBU%20PENDEK.

Adjective

sumbu pendek (comparative lebih sumbu pendek, superlative paling sumbu pendek)Category:Indonesian lemmas#SUMBU%20PENDEKCategory:Indonesian adjectives#SUMBU%20PENDEKCategory:Indonesian multiword terms#SUMBU%20PENDEKCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#SUMBU%20PENDEKCategory:Pages with entries#SUMBU%20PENDEKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SUMBU%20PENDEK

1. short fuse, short temper
2. emotional, hot-headed, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered, temperamental,

Further reading

• “sumbu pendek”, 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