Cudut (verb): Malay neologism for mosquito bite.
From the words
Cu.cuk (poke) and se.Dut (
suck).
Coined by Singapore Malay-
English Translator, SHASEL in 1994
and first appeared in print in a short story entitled 'Berdialog
Dengan Hamid' (A Dialogue with Hamid). See 'Berita Harian',
30 Aug 1995, pg. 7 and 'Meredah Badai', 2005, pp. 1-6
(ISBN: 981-05-3149-4).
The word 'cudut' also appears online in Unsolved Mysteries website.
See 'A Dialogue with Hamid'.