The story
- Malay · derived fromtikus balan
- English todaymoonrat
From moon + rat, a calque of Malay tikus balan (tikus (“rat”) + bulan (“moon”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
moonrat
Today it means: A gymnure, especially the greater gymnure, Echinosorex gymnura. Full definition →
Malay tikus balan