Malay
[mə'lei;'meilei]
Definition
(noun.) a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages.
(noun.) a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; 'Malay peoples'; 'Malayan syllable structure' .
Typed by Aileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
(a.) Alt. of Malayan
Typed by Arlene
Examples
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Decimus Forthridge, of the American brig Independence, showed his Yankee pluck and resource in defeating an attack of Malay pirates with no other armament than fancy fireworks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If the crew laughed, the Malays did not, and when the captain of one of the proas was struck by a rocket, both crafts rested oars and came no nearer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A little breeze came up and the brig drew away from the pirates, leaving the two proas to pick up those Malays from the water that the sharks had missed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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