Malayu

Eastern Cham Alternative forms cjm malayu uncapitalised Etymology From Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi). Compare ms Melayu. Pronunciation cjm /mə.ˈla.juː ~ maː.ˈlaː.juː/ Proper noun cjm proper noun Akhar Thrah spelling ꨟꨤꨢꨭꨩ or ꨠꨩꨤꨩꨢꨭꨩ Malay (ethnic group or language) Makasar Pronunciation mak /maˈlaju/ [ma.ˈla.ju] mak ma la yu Adjective relating to the Malay ethnic group or their language. mak tuMalayu a Malay person mak basa Malayu the Malay language mak a'bicara Malayu to speak Malay Derived terms mak compounds aʼbidaʼ malayu kapitang Malayu sikola malayu Malayu Koja ukiriʼ Malayu Further reading Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek A. A. Cense https://brill.com/display/title/23511 Brill 2024 10.1163/9789004653115 mak Ethnonyms Old Sundanese Pronunciation osn /ma.la.ju/ Proper noun osn proper noun osn historical Malayu Kingdom Malay ethnic, group, people, and language the Malay homeland (Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, by extension Mainland Southeast Asia) "Di kulon di Tungtung Sunda nyabrang ka désa Malayu" "in the west at the tip of Sunda crossing to the Malay region" osn Places