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Malay words

- The Chinese influence

 from Professor Chuah's collection

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aci          sister          ar chee
ajung      tongkang    tiong karng
akik        rack            kair    
along     unlicensed moneylender, loan shark     ar lung
amah     old woman, grandmother     ar mar
amoi      younger sister, maiden         ar mui
ampean     mistress                arm pian
ampo         edible red earth   arng por
ampuh       spiritual powers       arm po
anca          obstruction               arm ch'ar
ancoa, ancua     how?               arn chnoar   
ancong, ancung     lidded ginger-jar    arng chong
anghun, anggun     red tobacco            arng hoon
*angki                     persimmon              arng kee
angkin     woman's belt of red cloth       arng k'oon
angkong, angkung, bangkong     
     Chinese idol; Chinese game with 3 cards    arng korng
angku       uncle          ng koo
angkuk     arrogant    arng ko
angkung, angkong     jinriskshaw     arng karng
anglo, angloh              coal stove       harng lor
anglong, anglung       corridor            harng lor
anglong, anglung       summer house    arng mor lau
anglong                       pavilion                harng larng
angpau        red packet   arng pao
angsama     procuress    arng sar mar
anteng             not crying (of babies)     arn tniar
apek, apeh     an old man                       ar pair
apit, kapit        peg                                   kiap pit    
apiun (afiun, amfiun)     opium                ar p'ian


BBB

baba, babah      Straits-born Chinese     bar bar
babi      smell of meat (the 5th card in the Chinese game of cards)     bar bee
bah                man (when referring to  a Baba)    bar
bahang         radiation     bar hang
bak               Chinese black ink    bark
bakiak, cakiak.            clogs      k'ar k'iark
bakmi, bami, mami    
     Chinese noodles with shredded meat, prawns or fish)  bar mee
* bali      cabin of a junk     bar lay               
banci      census                 bin chaik
banji   
   glazed wooden/earthenware lattice work on balustraded terrace in swastika
   pattern     ban jee
bangpak     naughty; obstinate     barn park
bangsai      not full   barn soay
bangsal      long wooden shed for use as godown     pang sia
bangsat     ruffian       barng sart
barongsai, barungsai    Chinese lion dance     boo larng sai
batau, baktau                 pimp     bar t'au
bau      unit of area  of 0.056 hectares     bor    
be        uncle (when addressing an older person)     pair   
beca, becak                        jinrickshaw)                bair ch'iar
beleko (babeko, beko)      Chinese treacle)        bair lair ko
beng      ice     peng                               
bepa, bepang     fragrant rice     bee p'arng
bihun (behon, mihon, mihun)   fine rice noodles  mee hoon    
bincu         rouge                   mee choo
bingka       coconut pastry     pniar k'ar
bingong, bingung        stupid, foolish             bin gorng
bio                                temple                         beo
* bipang, bepang       Chinese rice biscuit with  sesame      bee p'arng 
bisae          no go; cannot do         bay sai
biuku           tortoise,  Notochelys platynata     miao koo
boceng       heartless     bo cheng
*boh           Chinese stone grinder     bo
bohong      lies         pohong
bohsia       dissolute city girls             bo sniar
bohjan       dissolute city boys            bo jantan
bok            mother      bo  
boksu        Chinese Christian priest     bok soo
bolui          penniless     bo lui
boncheng      to take a lift , a scrounger     pang ch'eng
bong              grave     borng    
bongkak, bonkak, congkak       stuck up              bong kair

bongmeh                 to take the pulse                   bong mair
bongpai                   tombstone                             bong pai
bongsai, bonsai     dwarf tree culture                   p'oon chai
bopeng                    pock-marked                         mor peng
bopo, bopok           useless, damaged beyond repair      bo por
*botan                     Chinese peony (hibiscus mutabilis)      bor tarn
bu               mother                     bu
bucing       feather duster          mor ch'eng
bun            golden box               ar
bun            croupier                   p'oon          
buntu         blockage                 peng tor           
buyung      jar                            arng

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* omitted in latest edition of Kamus Dewan
   
Prof. Chuah Hong-Cheng was  professor of Biochemistry, USM, as well as head of the Teaching and Learning Advisory Unit under the Chancellory

Source words are romanized in the style of The Penang File

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