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# malay

adjective (Malay); noun (a Malay, Malays; Malay — the language)

«malay» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Malays are a people living mostly in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and southern Thailand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#m1)
2. Malay is the language of the Malay people, an official language of Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore; Indonesian is a form of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#m2)
3. (adjective) Malay describes things to do with this people, language or culture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons on Southeast Asia, Malay is a widely spoken language written in the Latin alphabet, with words like «orang utan» meaning «person of the forest». In food and culture lessons, Malay dishes like nasi lemak and satay may come up. Phrases: «the Malay Peninsula», «Malay language», «Malay food».

### Examples

- Malay is spoken in Malaysia and Singapore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#x1)
- The word «orangutan» comes from Malay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#x2)
- We ate Malay satay with peanut sauce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#x3)
- The Malay Peninsula stretches down to Singapore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#x4)
- My friend's family is Malay and celebrates Hari Raya. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#x5)
- Malay uses the same alphabet as English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/#x6)

### Note

Always capital M. Do not confuse Malay (a people and language) with Malaysian (a citizen of Malaysia, who may be Malay, Chinese, Indian or other). Pronounced «ma-LAY».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «malay» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malay/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«malay» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/malay.html) on Mova free.