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malay
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malay has 2 senses
- malay(n = noun.person) malayan - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; Array is a member of east india, east indies, malay archipelago, malaya, malaysia, malay peninsula
- malay(n = noun.communication) Array - a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages; Array is a kind of western malayo-polynesian
is a kind of asian, asiatic
Derived form adjective malay1
has particulars: bahasa kebangsaan, bahasa malaysia, bahasa melayu, malaysian, bahasa, bahasa indonesia, indonesian
Derived form adjective malay1
Adjective malay has 1 sense
- malay(a = adj.pert) malayan - of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure" Derived forms noun malay2, noun malay1
CIDE DICTIONARY
malay, prop. n.
One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago. [1913 Webster]
malay, prop. a.
Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
malay, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a a member of a people predominating in Malaysia and Indonesia. b a person of Malay descent.
2 the language of this people, the official language of Malaysia.
--adj. of or relating to this people or language.
--n.
1 a a member of a people predominating in Malaysia and Indonesia. b a person of Malay descent.
2 the language of this people, the official language of Malaysia.
--adj. of or relating to this people or language.
Derivative
Malayan n. & adj.
Etymology
Malay malayu
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