Language
Chinese in Malay
by Prof. Chuah Chong-Cheng
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Language
Chinese in Malay by Prof. Chuah Chong-Cheng |
| laci
desk drawer lacuan, lokcuan fine silk cloth lai pear, Pyrus communis laici lychee, Litchi chinensis lak, lakeri, lakri sealing wax lambu, lambuk decaying wood lambuk a type of sampan lamsam, langsam sundry shop lamur presbyopia lanca, langca, lancia jinrickshaw lancang rash, quick at retorting lancap words slip off the mouth, Freud lancong touring lancung counterfeit lancur squirt water lancut big water splash lancut useless landau screening, filtering langca jinrickshaw langkan balustraded terrace in a Chinese house langkat embossed double sewing langsai, langsir curtain langsam, lamsam miscellaneous, sundry langse, langsir curtain lanji, loki prostitute, whore lanyau surface crust of mud laoteng upstairs, attic lap mop lawan rival, enemy leci, laici lychee lecun cheat lekuk, cekuk, chekung concave, sunken lelangse, langsir curtain leloceng, loceng bell lem gum lempung sticky mud lenci, laici lychee |
| lengkeng
longan, Nephelium longana lengkok curve lengkong black agar drink, Cyclea barbata lengkong beach with a bay/gulf lengkung bow-shaped lengkung stupefied liat tough and durable licau glistening lici, laici lychee licik tricky and treacherous licin smooth and slippery lihai devillishly clever lim, lem adhesive, gum, paste lincin, licin smooth and slippery lio stove, furnace liong, lung, lengkong curve, bend, meander lisong Luzon cigars liuk wriggle, slithe loa, loak rubbish basket loak, see loa lobak carrot, Daucus carola loceng bell lokcuan fine silk cloth loki prostitute, whore lokio onion, Allium schoenoprasum loksun consumption, t.b., spit blood loktong prostitute, whore loleng lantern with dragon silhouette lolong sharp screams lonceng, loceng bell longan longan, Euphoria longana longkang drain longkom, lengkong curve longong, bingung, congong, gong, gontai, tongo(ng) stupid longsor, lengkong, lung, lungkum, lungsin slide, cascade lonsong moulting lontai curve lorong lane, alley loteng see laoteng lotong, loktong prostitute, whore loyor, keluyur tour lu you, 2nd person lulung, lolong sharp screams lulut, lurut scrub off dirt lumpia supple spring rolls luncur, longsor slide and glide lung, lengkong curve lung long string of big fire crackers lungkang, longkang drain |
| lungkum, lengkong
curve lungsin longitudinal threads, woof lungsur, longsor slide and glide luntur, luncur, longsor slide and glide lurut drop, deciduous mabok, mabuk numb, anasthetised mabuk groggy, drunk macok, macuk, mahyong, majong mahjong, tile game mahjung Chinese mahjong tile game majong, majun, majung mop threads Makau Macao, threads, benang Makau, puppet show, wayang makau-po prostitute, whore makcik, cik, kecik auntie maki curse and swear makin, mangkin gradual increase mambung, mampung spongy Mandarin official Peking dialect mangkin catalyst, yeast manja, mua pamper meh, mek pulse menteri Mandarin, official of the Qing court menyan, kemenyan benzoin, Styrax balsamic resin mi yellow noodles mihun, bihun wire-like vermicelli mik, mek pulse minggir, pinggir edge minggong, bingung stupid mingkin, mangkin catalyst misoa soft strand vermicelli misoi soft strand vermicelli moa, mua eel moh, emoh please don't (The only Teochew word in listing) mopit Chinese calligraphy brush mua eel, Monopterus albus mua spoil, luxuriate mua excessive muai ferment, expand, bloat muak, mua fed up, tired of, enough is enough mual, mua nauseating muas, mua dissolve muat, mua fill to capacity muhal preposterous muk a tinful mukin, mangkin, kian gradual, increase |
| mungkum, lungkum,
lengkong curve neek, encik uncle ncim, encim auntie nek, nenek grandmother nek, mua fed up ngam just nice ngam-ngam coincidental, just nice ngelotok moulting ngeloyor, keluyur tour ngendon, endon stop for a while, en route ngih blow your nose ngong stupid ni, nini, nenek grandmother nia collar nik, ninik grandmother niur, nyiur coconut nonya, nyonya married woman nya possessive nyah go away nyah-nyah, kia-kia fast walking nyai auntie, young maiden nyak, nyai auntie nyi, nyai auntie nyik press, oppress, compress nyik-nyik walk cautiously nyiur coconut, Cocus nucifera nyolo joss-stick urn nyonya married woman nona unmarried woman nyonyeh toothless nyoyang weak due to reduced yang? Previous instalment |
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