- Malay Ma·lay
- [mə'leɪ]
1. adjmalese2. n(person) malese m/f , (language) malese m
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Malay Ma·lay
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Malay — Ma*lay , Malayan Ma*lay an, prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. n. The Malay language. [1913 Webster] {Malay apple} (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia Malaccensis}) common in India; also, its applelike fruit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malay apple — Malay Ma*lay , Malayan Ma*lay an, prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. n. The Malay language. [1913 Webster] {Malay apple} (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia Malaccensis}) common in India; also, its applelike fruit. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malay — Ma*lay , 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malay — Ma|lay1 [ mə leı, meı,leı ] noun 1. ) count a member of a race of people from Malaysia and Indonesia 2. ) uncount the language that the Malay people of Malaysia and Indonesia speak Malay Ma|lay 2 [ mə leı, meı,leı ] adjective 1. ) someone who is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Malay — /may lay, meuh lay /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed, generally short statured people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. 2. of or pertaining to the language or… … Universalium
Malay-based creole languages — The Malay language, through its history, has experienced both pidginization and creolization. This occurred mostly through inter island trading and interaction where people from various ethnic groups, languages and backgrounds met. Malay,… … Wikipedia
Malay trade and creole languages — The Malay language, through its history has experienced both pidginization and creolization. This occurred mostly through inter island trading and interaction where people from various ethnic groups, languages and backgrounds met.[1] Malay,… … Wikipedia
Malay — Ma·lay || mÉ™ leɪ n. member of a people inhabiting the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands, Malayan adj. of or pertaining to the people who inhabit the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands; of Malaysia, of the Malay Peninsula, of the Malay… … English contemporary dictionary
Malay — Ma•lay [[t]ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ[/t]] n. 1) peo a member of a people of Southeast Asia comprising the principal inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, adjacent parts of E Sumatra, and the intervening islands and living in many coastal settlements on… … From formal English to slang
Malay — /məˈleɪ/ (say muh lay) adjective 1. of or relating to the Malays or their country or language. –noun 2. a member of a people assumed to have spread from the Menangkabau region of Sumatra throughout the Malay Archipelago, now forming the largest… …
malay — ma·lay … English syllables
