Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 15 compound words that contain malay. The most common are listed below. Open malay in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- Malay appleA myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree.
- Malay PeninsulaA peninsula in Southeast Asia containing the southernmost tip of Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia and Southern Thailand.
- Malay ArchipelagoAn archipelago and cultural region of Southeast Asia consisting of the islands between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Malaysia (the part of Malaysia on the island of Borneo) and …
- Ambonese MalayAmbonese, a Malay-based creole language of Indonesia.
- Old MalayThe oldest attested form of Malay language.
- Classical MalayThe older linguistic form of Malay and Indonesian originally spoken and written in the Malay Peninsula from about 1500 AD to 1800 AD. It developed from Old Malay, with heavy influence from Arabic and Persian after mass Islamisation.
- Cape MalayOf or relating to the Cape Malays
- Malay kiteSynonym of Eddy kite: A quadrilateral tailless kite with convex surfaces exposed to the wind, used in a series of meteorological experiments.
- Proto-MalayAn Austronesian speaker who moved from mainland Asia to the Malay peninsula and Malay archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BC, before that of the Deutero-Malays about a thousand years later.
- Malay camphorSynonym of camphor tree (“Dryobalanops aromatica”).
- Deutero-MalayA member of an Iron Age people regarded as direct ancestors of the present-day Malay people.
- Federated Malay StatesA federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with two of the former Straits …
- Malay kissThe rubbing of noses as a sign of affection.
- Malay applesplural of Malay apple: A myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree.
- Malay bearSynonym of sun bear: A species of relatively small bears, Helarctos malayanus, found in Southeast Asia.
- Malay bearsplural of Malay bear: A species of relatively small bears, Helarctos malayanus, found in Southeast Asia.
- Malay gateA booby trap consisting of a bent sapling, with sharpened sticks or spear-tips attached, which, when activated, quickly straightens, impaling the victim.
- Malay kissesplural of Malay kiss: The rubbing of noses as a sign of affection.
- Malay kitesplural of Malay kite: A quadrilateral tailless kite with convex surfaces exposed to the wind, used in a series of meteorological experiments.
Compound words 15
- MalaysiaA country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- MalayaA peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia.
- Malayo-Combining form of Malaysia and Malay.
- MalayizeTo make Malay; to give Malay traits to.
- Malayisationthat which has been Malayised
- MalaynessThe quality of being Malay.
- MalayicOf or relating to a group of Austronesian languages including Malay, Minangkabau, Iban, and others.
- Malayizationthe process of Malayizing
- MalaysianPertaining to the country of Malaysia.
- MalayalamA Dravidian language spoken in the state of Kerala and the UT of Lakshadweep in India.