Language
Chinese in Malay
by Prof. Chuah Chong-Cheng
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Language
Chinese in Malay by Prof. Chuah Chong-Cheng |
dacin, dacing weighing scales F: dai chin dadu gamble M: da du dadu pink F: dai choo dah, sudah end, finish F: suah, suak duit money D: doit F: looi ebi, hebi dried prawn F: hair bee ejung junk F: ah chong, jong embih, embik maiden F: oon mieh encek, encik uncle F:oon chek encer dilute F:an chiar encik-encik uncles, Messrs F: oon chek encim, encem, encim, injin paernal uncle's wife, aunt F:oon chim endon, endong rest, stop for a hile engku, angku maternal uncle F: ku engku grandfather F: oon chu entong, tong page boy, peon erong tea cup, wine goblet fucuk dried bean curd layer sheets gaet, kait connect gail, kail hook geluyur, keluyur go on tour gembung expand, bloated gepeng flattened (by pressure) gian, giang yen, addicted F: gian giat active F: giat giat tease F: giat gim gold threads F: kim gimpal gold pendant gincu red lipstick, rouge ginko Ginko biloba, maiden hair tree ginseng ginseng, Panax schinseng giong forced stretching giuk forceful pulling giur tempt, entice |
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seduce goha, gua I, me F: gua gohok clove incense with multiple heads F:gor hock gombang fishing net gonceng, boncheng pillion ride, piggy back gong stupid F:gong gontai simpleton, nincompoop F: gong tai gopoh, kepoh busybody, emergency F: kay po gunggung total, summation haiku 3-line, unrhymed Japanese poem heiho local Indonesian soldiers of the Japanese army hambur scatter hara-kiri suicide by disembowelling hia Artemisia vulgaris ili depart as a refugee iseng restless, loafing around jago, jaguh proud person, important person jailangkung, jalangkung vegetable basket spirit fortune telling through writing divination jalin closely knit jatuh fall down jeli sparkling eyes jibaku Japanese suicide squad jibun debt-ridden person jiplak plagiarise jitu accurate, as opposed to exact (tepat) joang, juang door smashing, struggle jok cushion seat jokong lighter-boat jong junk jongkong junk jose Chinese silk crepe juak compete, faction judo soft-way art of self-defence juih drooping lower lip jujitsu soft-way art of self-defence juku soft-carapace tortoise kacau mix and blend kaci good quality knit cloth kacung domestic male page kah gum adhesive kahwin gamy, pareunia, wedlock kail fishing hook kailan Brassica alboglabra kait connection, relationship kaizen reform method of Japanese management kaki toes, legs |
| kaku
stiff and petrified, rigour mortis kamikaze suicidal God wind squad kamkha, kimka exquisitely knitted cloth kampuh covering cloth kampuh double layer cloth kampuh double layer sarong, double edged knife A Arabic B Bahasa Malaysia C Chaozhou (Teochew) D Dutch E English F Fujian (Hokkian) Most of the words above are derived from the Fujian dialect G Guangdong (Kwangtong) H Hindustani I Jawa, Indonesia J Japan K Korean Kd Kadazab M Mandarin P Portuguese S Sanskrit T Tamil V Vietnamese Previous instalment |
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