Malay
[mey-ley, muh-ley] /ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the and adjacent islands.
2.
of or relating to the language or culture of these people.
noun
3.
a member of the Malay people.
4.
an Austronesian language of Malaysia and Singapore, differing from Indonesian only in orthography.
/məˈleɪ/
noun
1.
a member of a people living chiefly in Malaysia and Indonesia who are descendants of Mongoloid immigrants
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family
adjective
3.
of or relating to the Malays or their language
n.
1590s, from native name Malayu. As an adjective from 1779; earlier adjective form was Malayan (1660s).
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