Wiktionary:Requested entries (Malay)

Have an entry request? Add it to the list – but please:

• Consider creating a citations page with your evidence that the word exists instead of simply listing it here
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• If possible provide context, usage, field of relevance, etc.
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a, A

• angin barat (“west-wind, Classical Malay”)
• absah - Jawi spelling ابسه‎

b, B

• barat semata Selatan (“south-west, Classical Malay”)
• bawat - Jawi spelling باوت‎
• buku (additional sense) This seems to mean something like joint, knot (in wood), lump, etc. See the etymology at kiabooca, which I pieced together from entries in an Indonesian dictionary. Chuck Entz (talk) 18:55, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

c, C

• cali - Brunei Malay for "funny", comes from Charlie Chaplin 72.76.95.136 14:22, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
• cham - a drink in Malaysia, a mixture of coffee and tea, written 掺 in Chinese

h, H

• herat -- (entries in other languages but not Malay) - seen on a sign in Kuala Lumpur:

  banyak pilihan harga herat!

  Are you sure it's not a typo of hebat? — Jeluang Terluang (talk) 12:29, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

k, K

• kantung
• kayu buku This seems to be the origin of English kiabooca, an old name for amboyna burls [[1]].
• kopi c, kopi-c
• kopi cham
• kopi o, kopi-o

l, L

• lazat
• lepak

m, M

• mee -- (needs Malay) noodles? or a certain specific type of noodle?

There’s already a Malay entry in mi; /miˑ/ would not be spelt this way with standard orthography. Desaccointier (talk) 08:33, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

• Pelanggam (context: (title)Piagam pelanggam Bank Simpanan Nasional. Possibly a code of conduct for the bank employees.)
• men- -- prefix meaning?

n, N

• nasi kandar - a kind of Malay food buffet??

p, P

• paret
• pondok polis - police box?

s, S

• sama ada - its Malay synonyms include apakah and ataukah. When used with atau as in sama ada... atau... it is equivalent to baik... mahupun. Maybe it’s almost equivalent to “either... or...” in English?
• sawat - Jawi spelling ساوت‎
• sendirian
• Silat Melayu - a blanket term for the types of silat created in peninsular Southeast Asia
• Siapa makan cili, dia rasa pedas - Malay proverb?

t, T

• teh c, teh-c
• teh o, teh-o
• tomoi - Malaysian name for Muay Thai
• telerang

y, Y

• yuanyang, yuenyeung, yinyeung, yinyong