Malay
noun
Ma·lay mə-ˈlā 
ˈmā-(ˌ)lā
ˈmā-(ˌ)lā 1
: a member of a people of the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, parts of Borneo, and some adjacent islands
2
: the Austronesian language of the Malays
Malay adjective
Malayan
mə-ˈlā-ən
noun or adjective mā-;
ˈmā-ˌlā-
Word History
Etymology
obsolete Dutch Malayo (now Maleier), from Malay Mĕlayu
First Known Use
1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- tot lot
- tot system
- tot up
- tot-stat
- totable
- total
- total abstinence
- total adhesion locomotive
- total and permanent disability insurance
- total cleavage
- total depravity
- total eclipse
- total environment
- total heat
- total lunar eclipse
- total push
- total quantum number
- total recall
- total reflection
- total score method
- total slip
- total solar eclipse
- total utility
- total-annular eclipse
- total-point scoring