Malay (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: malay , malayan ]

    Malay (n.)

  1. a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

    [ Syn: malay , malayan ]

  2. a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

    [ Syn: malay ]

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