Malay loanwords in English 66 words

a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers

Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth

woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture

wild ox of the Malay Archipelago

wild ox of the Malay Archipelago

a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted

East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit

arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair

a can for storing tea

any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red

a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment

large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest

any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood

East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu

thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes

marked by or arising from malice

small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings

tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas

any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine

sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate

tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind

any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless

a clothing fabric in a plaid weave

small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour

(in India and Malaysia) a warehouse

Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago

a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick

a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables

a native village in Malaysia

small chevrotain of southeastern Asia

massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry

East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit

tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

a high public official of imperial China

East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit

chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya

made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm

large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves

toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia

a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)

East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan

Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit

tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax

climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen

powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific

a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel

large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web

a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces

the basic unit of money in Thailand

an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding

of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese