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单词 bumiputra
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bumiputran.adj.

Brit. /ˌbʊmɪˈpʊtrə/, U.S. /ˌbʊmiˈpʊtrə/
Inflections: Plural bumiputras, unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– bumiputera, 1900s– bumiputra. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay bumiputera.
Etymology: < Malay bumiputera an indigenous person (a1908 or earlier) < bumi land, earth, soil ( < Sanskrit bhūmi : see Bhumihar n.) + putera son, prince ( < Sanskrit putra : see Rajput n.).
A. n.
A Malaysian of indigenous Malay origin. Chiefly in plural.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Malaysia > [noun]
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1966 Economist 22 Oct. 398/3 Malayan Banking..as a Malay rather than Chinese concern, is particularly identified with the bumiputras, the Malayan sons of the soil.
1972 Sunday Times (Singapore) 24 Sept. 6/3 In the Faculty of Engineering, bumiputras now formed 7.3 per cent of the total enrolment.
1987 H. L. Lee Central Banking in Malaysia vii. §4. 306 The manner in which the credit is utilized is of little importance—it can be anything so long as the borrower is a Bumiputra.
2005 Believer Dec. 43/2 The redistribution of wealth—via quotas and subsidies—from non-Malays to the bumiputra.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the bumiputras; indigenous Malay.
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1972 Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) 25 June 4/5 The Government was today urged to make it a policy of allocating 50 per cent of its supply contracts and those of its agencies to bumiputra firms.
1980 Times 2 Sept. 15/5 Other plantation groups have moved to restructure their equity to raise Bumiputra shareholdings (i.e. those held by Malays and other native races).
2015 J. Chin in W. Case Routledge Handbk. Southeast Asian Democratization iv. xxv. 403 Special business licences and loans were only made available to Bumiputera businesses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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