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mengabdikan: to enslave
pengabdian: slavery; enslavement
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Kamus Bahasa Melayu-Inggeris (1/2)
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to direct weapon at target
abjad
alphabet
mengacukan: to aim weapon at target
mengacu: to test; to try on
acuan: a mould
A
abu
ash
abad
acuh
century
mengabui: to cheat; to deceive
to care for; to heed
berabad-abad: for centuries
mengacuhkan: to care for; to heed
acuh tak acuh: to show indifference
abuk
dust
abadi
eternal; immortal
acum
keabadian: immortality
mengabadikan: perpetuate; immortalize
provoke or instigate
abung
mengacum: to provoke or instigate
acuman: provocation
pengacum: instigator
pengacuman: agitation
pomelo
abah
father
acah
tease
mengacah-acah: to tease
ada
have; possess; contain
abah-abah
harness
adakala: sometimes
adakalanya: sometimes
adalah: is; are; am; was; were
adapun: with regard to
berada: (1) rich (2) to be
diadakan: to be held
keadaan: condition; situation; circumstances
mengada-ngada: to boast; to pretend
mengada-ngadakan: to concoct an excuse
mengadakan: to hold or conduct; to convene
acapkali
often
abai
neglect
mengabaikan: to disregard; to neglect
acar
pickle
abang
elder brother
acara
event; item in a programme
abang angkat: foster brother
abang ipar: brother-in-law
abang tiri: stepbrother
adab
politeness; good manners; courtesy
mengacarakan: to compere or host a programme
pengacara: master of ceremonies; compere
abdi
beradab: courteous; polite
peradaban: civilization; culture
aci
slave
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adang
obstruct; block
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murmuring sound
mengadang: to obstruct or block
mengagah: (1)to gurgle (2)to confront
adu
(1)complain (2)compete
adas
fennel (yellow-flowered fragrant herb)
beradu: (1)to report (2)to compete
aduan: complaint
mengadu: to report; to accuse
pengadu: complainant
pengaduan: complaint
peraduan: a contest or competition
adat
custom; social tradition or practice
beradat: polite; customary; ceremonious
mengadatkan: to make it a practice or custom
teradat: has become a custom
agak
guess
agak-agak: (1)to guess (2)approximately
agaknya: perhaps; maybe
beragak: not sure
mengagak: to guess; to estimate
teragak-agak: to hesitate; to be undecided
aduh
exclamation of pain
agam
mengaduh: to groan; to wail
immeasurable; immense
adegan
scene
aduhai
agama
exclamation of sorrow
religion
adib
beragama: having a religion
keagamaan: religious
well-mannered
aduk
mix; stir
adik
mengaduk: to mix or stir
younger brother or sister
agar
so that
adik-beradik: brothers and sisters
beradik: having siblings
adun
knead (dough)
agar-agar
jelly
adunan: dough
mengadunkan: to mix together
adikung
assistant officer
agas
gnat; sandfly
afiat
adil
fair; just
healthy
keadilan: justice
mengadili: to judge
mengadilkan: to judge; to evaluate
pengadil: judge; referee
pengadilan: judgement
mengafiatkan: to restore to good health
agih
distribute
diagihkan: distributed
mengagihkan: to distribute
pengagihan: distribution
afrit
goblin; mischievous elf or spirit
adinda
younger brother or sister (esp. in letter-writing)
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agah
aguk
pendant
ajuk
imitate mockingly; tease
ais
agung
mengajuk: to imitate mockingly; to tease
ajukan: mockery; ridicule; teasing
ice
supreme
aiskrim: ice-cream
keagungan: supremacy
mengagungkan: to honour; to revere
akad
contract; promise
ajaib
baffling; inscrutable; miraculous
mengakad-nikahkan: to promise marriage
ah
exclamation of surprise
keajaiban: miracle
mengajaibkan: miraculous
akaid
religious dogma
aha
exclamation of triumph
ajak
invite
mengajak: to invite
ajakan: invitation
Ahad
akal
ability to think and reason
Sunday
akal budi: common sense
akal-akal: to pretend or feign
berakal: intelligent; smart
mengakali: to outwit; to deceive
mengakalkan: to think up a plan
ajal
doom; death
ahli
(1)member (2)expert
keahlian: membership
ajar
akan
teach
will; shall
kurang ajar: disrespectful
ajaran: teaching
belajar: to learn
berajar: educated; courteous
mempelajari: to learn in greater detail
mengajar: to teach
mengajarkan: to teach
pelajar: student
pelajaran: lesson: education
pengajar: teacher
pengajaran: something serving as a lesson or warning
terpelajar: educated; learned
ahmak
stupid
aib
(1)disreputable; shameful (2)blemish; flaw; defect
keaiban: shame
mengaibkan: shameful
air
akar
root
berakar: having roots
akhbar
water
aju
newspaper
moot; bring up for discussion; propose
air batu: ice
berair: watery
mengairi: irrigate
pengairan: irrigation
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akan tetapi: but
akan-akan: as if
seakan-akan: like; similar; as though
mengajukan: to propose; to put forward for discussion
akhir
final; conclusive; at the end; last
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address; sign
akhir-akhir: lately; recently
akhiran: suffix
akhirnya: finally
berakhir: ended
mengakhiri: to end
pengakhiran: process of ending
terakhir: last one
beralamat: addressed to
mengalamatkan: to address to
aku
me; I
akuan: confession; acceptance
memperakui: to certify
memperakukan: to certify; to recommend
mengaku: to confess; to admit
mengakui: to admit: to accept; to acknowledge
pengakuan: acknowledgement; confession; admission
perakuan: recommendatory
akhirat
eternity; the next world; life after death
akhlak
alang
(1)crossbeam (2)of little account
alangan: obstacle
alangkah: how
mengalangi: to obstruct
mengalangkan: to put crosswise
akur
behaviour; character; morals
agree; consent; approve
alas
foundation; basis; framework; underlayer
mengakuri: to agree; to consent; to approve
keakuran: agreement; approval
alasan: excuse; reason; explanation
beralasan: well-founded
beralaskan: to base on; to line with
mengalaskan: to base on; to place an underlayer
akibat
consequence; result
akibatnya: as a result
berakibat: resulted in
mengakibatkan: to cause; to result in
akusaksi
attest
alat
appliance; instrument; tool
alabangka
crowbar
akidah
alat ganti: spare part
alat kelamin: genital organs
alatulis: stationery
alatan: various tools
peralatan: various tools
beralatkan: to equip
memperalatkan: use as a tool
belief; faith; confidence
alah
akikah
(1)allergic (2)lose; defeated
head-shaving of an infant
akil
alahan: allergy
beralah: to surrender
mengalah: to surrender
mengalahkan: to defeat
algojo
(1)nature; world; universe (2)experience
alih
hangman; executioner
clever
akil baligh: grown up; adolescent
alam
berpengalaman: experienced
mengalami: to experience
pengalaman: experience
sealam: having the same nature
akrab
intimate in relationship
displace; oust; shift; change
beralih: altered; shifted
mengalih: to shift; to alter; to change; to displace
pengalihan: displacement
peralihan: transition; alteration
akta
act; law passed by legislative body
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alamat
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alim
learned; pious; religious
alpa
negligent
aman
peaceful
kealpaan: negligence
mengalpakan: to neglect
alir
keamanan: peace
mengamankan: to pacify
pengamanan: act of creating peace
pengaman: peace-maker
flow
aliran: current or flow; trend of opinion
mengalir: to flow
mengalirkan: to direct or channel the flow
pengaliran: process of channelling the flow of
alpukat
avocado
amanah
trust
alu
alis
mengamanahkan: to entrust
pengamanah: trustee
pounder (rice)
eyebrow
mengalu-alukan: to welcome or greet ceremoniously
dialu-alukan: welcome or accepted
amanat
aliterasi
commendation
alliteration
alun
billow; great wave
alunan: act of billowing or rolling
beralun-alun: wavy; billowy
mengalunkan: to billow; to rise and roll like big waves
alkisah
the story is that
amar
command; order
mengamarkan: to order
Allah
alur
Muslim name for God
groove; furrow
amaran
warning
allahyarham
the late; the deceased
am
general (not detailed or specific); common
amat
very; extremely
almarhum
the late (for male royalty)
amah
almarhumah
the late (for female royalty)
amal
mengamati: to scrutinize
pengamat: controller
pengamatan: observation; scrutiny
female housekeeper; maid
almari
cupboard
ambang
practice; good deed
(1)threshold; lintel (2)bob; float
amalan: practice; good deed
beramal: to do good work; to perform good deeds
mengamalkan: to practise
pengamal: practitioner
pengamalan: performance
ambang pintu: doorway; doorstep
mengambang: to hover in the air
ambil
take; obtain; fetch
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mengambil: to take; to obtain; to fetch
ambilan: derivation from
pengambilan: act of taking or fetching
keampunan: forgiveness; pardon
mengampunkan: to forgive; to pardon
pengampun: one who forgives or pardons
pengampunan: amnesty or pardon
andai
if; suppose
andainya: suppose
andaian: assumption
berandai: to discuss; to debate
mengandaikan: suppose
amboi
oh!
amuk
amuck; violently out of control; state of murderous frenzy
mengamuk: attack without thinking
pengamuk: person who runs amuck
ambul
bounce; rebound
andam
beautician who does the make-up for the bride and bridegroom
mengambul: to bounce or rebound
mengambulkan: to cause to rebound
anai, anai-anai
termite
ambung
mengandam: to make-up the bride and bridegroom
andas
back-basket
anak
anvil; chopping block
child
anak angkat: adopted child
anak bulan: new moon
anak dara: virgin
anak merah: newborn
anak-beranak: together with the children
anak-anak: many children; still a child
anak-anakan: doll; puppet
anakanda: son or daughter (in letter-writing)
beranak: to bear a child; to give birth
keanak-anakan: childish
peranakan: native
amin
amen; so be it
amir
emir (Muslim ruler or commander)
ampai
anduh
suspend by means of a sling
aneh
bizarre; odd; unconventional; funny; strange
aneka
(1)hang (2)tall and slim
multifarious; varied; all sorts of
ampai-ampai: jellyfish
mengampaikan: to hang clothes out to dry
terampai: hung to air or dry
ampaian: clothes-line
anasir
anasir jahat: bad social element
angan
ancam
ampu
ingratiate; bring oneself into a person's favour
mengampu: to ingratiate
pengampu: sycophant; supporter
ampun
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menace; threaten
imagination
mengancam: to threaten
ancaman: a threat
terancam: threatened
angan-angan: imagination; a day-dream
berangan-angan: to day-dream
mengangan-angankan: to wish for; to day-dream about
terangan-angan: to constantly wish for
anda
pardon; forgiveness; amnesty
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aneka ragam: variety show
beraneka: having a variety of
anekarama: concert
an element; a distinct social group
angau
lovesick
wind
assume; deem
berangin: windy; breezy
mengangin: to winnow
menganginkan: to put in a windy place
peranginan: holiday resort
anggap
menganggap: to assume; to regard as
anggapan: assumption; opinion
beranggapan: of the opinion
angsa
goose
aniaya
angka
maltreatment; abuse; injustice; tyranny
numerical figure
menganiayai: to oppress; to do injustice
penganiaya: oppressor
penganiayaan: oppression; tyranny; abuse
perangkaan: statistics
anggar
estimate
anggaran: estimation; budget
menganggarkan: to estimate
angkara
bad or nasty behaviour
anjak
shift position slightly
anggerik
beranjak: to shift position slightly
menganjakkan: to change the position of
angkasa
orchid
space (beyond earth's atmosphere)
angkasawan: astronaut
anjal
anggota
elastic; flexible
(1)limb (2)member
angkat
beranggota: (1)having limbs (2)having members
anggota badan: part of the body
keanggotaan: membership
menganggotai: to be a member of
keanjalan: flexibility; elasticity
menganjal: to be elastic or flexible
lift; raise
angkatan: troops; armed forces
berangkat: to depart; to leave
keberangkatan: departure; act of leaving
anjing
dog
angguk
nod
angkuh
haughty; arrogant; proud
anggukan: act of nodding
mengangguk: to nod
terangguk-angguk: to keep nodding
anjung
projecting facade (of a building)
keangkuhan: arrogance
anjungan
angkup
anggur
bridge (platform on a ship)
callipers; pincers; forceps
(1) grape (2) jobless
menganggur: unemployed
penganggur: one who is unemployed
pengangguran: unemployment
convey; transport; transmit
mengangkut: to transport
berangkut: to transport several times
pengangkutan: transportation; means of transport
angin
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anjur
angkut
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to jut out
menganjur: to jut out
anjuran: proposal; sponsored by
menganjurkan: to propose; to advocate
penganjur: organizer; sponsor; promoter
anu
squeezed between two surfaces
so and so
berapit: wedged in between; closely situated
mengapit: to squeeze between two surfaces
pengapit: best man (at wedding); maid of honour
ansur
progress or move in stages
anugerah
beransur: to progress in stages
ansuran: instalment
mengansurkan: to pay by instalments
award; honour; grace
menganugerahi: to bestow an award; to confer an award
menganugerahkan: to bestow; to confer
penganugerahan: bestowal
April
April
antah
rice grains left unhusked after pounding
apung
anut
float; drift
embrace; accept; profess; adopt (religion)
berapungan: floating or drifting in great numbers
mengapungkan: to allow to float
terapung: floating or drifting about
menganut: to follow or profess (a religion)
anutan: adherence (to a religion)
penganut: follower or convert (religion)
antan
pestle
ara
antara
anyam
among; between
fig
weave; plait
mengantarai: to mediate; to separate
perantara: mediator
perantaraan: mediation; medium
menganyam: to weave; to plait
anyaman: product of plaiting or weaving; act of plaiting or
weaving
antarabangsa
international
arah
direction
arahan: command; order; instruction; direction
berarah: having a direction
mengarah: to direct
mengarahkan: to direct towards
pengarah: director
searah: in the same direction
apa
what
apa-apa: whatever; anything
apakah: what
apalagi: above all
apabila: when
apakala: when; if
berapa: how much; how many
mengapa: why
mengapa-apakan: to harm
antero
whole; totally
seantero: the whole; totally
arak
(1)liquor (2)procession
berarak: to walk or march in procession
mengarak: to walk in procession
pengarak: participant in a procession
perarakan: procession
arak-arakan: cortege; procession; pageant
anti
opposed to; counteracting; against
api
fire
anting
berapi: on fire
berapi-api: fiery
mengapikan: to provoke; to instigate
pendulum
anting-anting: ear-ring
aral
obstacle; hinderance; difficulty
apit
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arang
charcoal
batu arang: coal
asa
asar
hope
afternoon
aras
a level
asah
arca
image; picture
asas
sharpen; grind; whet
foundation for a theory; basis; principle
mengasah: to sharpen
asahan: act of sharpening
pengasah: sharpener; grinder
pengasahan: act of sharpening or grinding
berasah: whetted
asasnya: in principle
berasas: founded or based on
mengasaskan: to base on
pengasas: founder
ari
abdomen
asasi
asak
ari-ari: abdomen
basic; fundamental
pack; cram
berasak-asak: packed; crammed
mengasak: to pack; to stuff
asakan: crowd; jam; cramming
arif
asin
salty
learned; wise
mengasinkan: to preserve in salt
kearifan: cleverness
asal
origin; source
asing
asalkan: provided that
asalnya: originally
berasal: originated
arkib
archives
arloji
foreign; separate
asing-asing: separately
berasingan: separate
mengasingkan: to separate
terasing: isolated; separated
pengasingan: segregation; exile
asam
clock; watch
sour
asam jawa: tamarind
mengasamkan: to preserve in vinegar or tamarind (as pickle)
asam-asaman: sour fruits preserved in salt
arnab
rabbit
asap
arus
smoke
current (flow) of water, air or electricity
berasap: emitting smoke
mengasap: to become smoke; to vapourize
mengasapi: to fumigate
pengasapan: fumigation
perasap: censer
arwah
late (no longer living)
askar
soldier
asli
indigenous; native; natural; original
keaslian: originality
asmara
love; passion
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awalan: grammatical prefix
berawalan: having a prefix
berasmara: to be in love; to make love
atuk
grandfather
asrama
awam
hostel
civil; public; common; general
atur
arrange
astaka
awan
pavilion
mengatur: to arrange
atur cara: programme
aturan: regulation; arrangement; rules; procedure; order
beratur: arranged: to queue up
beraturan: orderly
mengaturkan: to arrange
peraturan: regulations
teratur: orderly; arranged
asuh
bring up (a child); educate
mengasuh: to bring up (a child); to educate; to nurse (an infant)
asuhan: up-bringing; care (of a child)
pengasuh: baby-sitter
cloud
berawan: cloudy
merawan: to be high in the clouds
awas
caution
mengawasi: to supervise; to watch closely
berawas-awas: to be cautious
pengawas: supervisor; monitor
pengawasan: supervision
aum
roar
asyik
mengaum: to roar
besotted; infatuated; in love; engrossed
asyik maksyuk: infatuated; besotted
mengasyikkan: engrossing; occupying one's attention fully
awet
aur
conserve; preserve; embalm
bamboo
mengawet: to preserve
pengawet: preservative
pengawetan: preservation
atap
roof
aurat
beratap: having a roof
beratapkan: to have as a roof
mengatapi: to roof
parts of the body that should not be exposed according to
Islamic belief
ayah
father
berayah: having a father
ayahanda: father (in letter-writing)
auta
atas
bluff; deceit
above; up; upon
atasan: superior or upper class
mengatasi: to overcome
teratas: the highest
ayak
awak
you
sieve
perawakan: personality; posture
mengayak: to sieve
pengayak: a sieve; a person who sieves
pengayakan: act of sieving
atau
or
awal
ataupun: or
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early; beginning
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ayak-ayak
crane-fly
berazam: to be determined
keazaman: determination
baca
ayam
read
chicken; fowl
azan
ayam belanda: turkey
ayam denak: jungle fowl
ayam sabung: fighting cock
membaca: to read
bacaan: act of reading; material to be read
membacakan: to read for
pembaca: reader
pembacaan: act of reading
a Muslim call to prayer
azimat
talisman
ayan
tin; corrugated iron
bacul
cowardly; timid
kebaculan: cowardice
B
ayat
sentence (set of words)
bab
badai
chapter
hurricane
ayatullah
senior Muslim religious leader
babad
badak
chronicle
rhinoceros
ayu
pretty
babak
act or scene(of a play); episode; section of a long piece of music
badam
almond
ayun
oscillate; swing
babas
berayun-ayun: to swing
mengayunkan: to swing
badan
drift; sweep away
(1)body (2)organization
terbabas: driven out of its course; driven away from from one's
goal or principle
berbadan: having a body
berbadan dua: pregnant
memperbadankan: to corporatize
perbadanan: corporation; institution
azab
suffering
mengazab: to torture
keazaban: sufferings
babi
pig
badik
dagger
azali
babit
from time immemorial
embroil; involve (in argument or quarrel)
membabitkan: to involve; to implicate
pembabitan: involvement
azam
determination; firmness of purpose
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badut
clown; comedian
heat
Badui
bah
Bedouin
deluge; flood
bagai
bahagi
as if; like
allot; distribute; divide
bagaikan: as if
berbagai-bagai: of various types
kepelbagaian: variety
pelbagai: various
bahagian: division; part; portion; section
membahagi: to divide
membahagi-bahagikan: to distribute; to give away
membahagikan: to divide; to distribute
pembahagi: divider
pembahagian: allotment
terbahagi: divided
bagaimana
how
membahang: to heat
bahantara
medium (environment)
bahari
ancient
baharu
new
bagaimanapun: however; no matter how or what
sebagaimana: as; like
bahagia
membaharui: to renew
pembaharuan: renewal
blissful; lucky; blessed
berbahagia: fortunate; blissful
kebahagiaan: bliss; happiness
membahagiakan: to cause to be happy
bagasi
baggage; cargo
bahas
debate or discussion
berbahas: to debate; to discuss
membahaskan: to discuss; to debate; to criticize
pembahas: debater
perbahasan: a debate or discussion
bahak
guffaw
baghal
mule
terbahak-bahak: to laugh loud and long
bagi
bahasa
baham
(1)for (2)give
language
gobble
membagi: to give
berbahasa: courteous; cultured; using a language
perbahasaan: speech; customary etiquette
membaham: to gobble
baginda
bahan
His or Her Majesty
substance; matter; material
bahawa
that
bahan api: fuel
bagur
large and clumsy
bahaya
danger
bahana
loud noise or sound
bagus
berbahaya: dangerous
membahayakan: to endanger
nice; pleasant; good
bahang
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bahkan
membajak: to plough
moreover
bakat
baji
bahlul
talent; flair; aptitude
a wedge
inane; silly
berbakat: talented
membaji: to split using a wedge
bahu
bakau
shoulder
bajik
mangrove
welfare
kebajikan: welfare
baiduri
bakawali
opal
a medicinal herbal plant
bajingan
scoundrel; rascal
baik
bakhil
good; all right; fine
stingy; miserly
baik-baik: carefully
berbaik: to be on good terms
kebaikan: goodness; benefit
membaiki: to repair
memperbaiki: to repair
pembaikan: correction; improvement
sebaik-baik: as good as; just
sebaiknya: better; as it should be
terbaik: the best
baju
clothes; dress
berbaju: dressed
membajui: to put on clothes
baki
balance; remainder
berbaki: having a balance or surplus
bak
like; similar
bakti
devotion; dedication
bait
a poem with two lines; couplet
berbakti: to be devoted or dedicated
membaktikan: to dedicate
baka
heredity
kebakaan: hereditary
baitulmal
baku
treasury
standard
bakal
membakukan: to standardize
pembakuan: standardization
future (adj.); aspirant; destined to become
baja
fertilizer
membaja: to fertilize
bakar
bakul
burn
kebakaran: a fire
membakar: to burn
terbakar: on fire; burnt
pembakaran: act of burning
bajak
a plough
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basket
bakung
amaryllis (lily-like plant)
membalas: to reciprocate
balasan: reciprocation; response; reply; revenge
berbalas-balasan: exchange
bala
balung
disaster; calamity
comb (of fowl)
baldi
pail; bucket
balada
balut
ballad
wrap; envelop; bandage
balutan: wrapping; bandage
berbalut: bandaged
membalut: to wrap; to bandage
membaluti: to wrap
pembalut: wrapping; bandage
baldu
velvet
balah
bicker
berbalah: to bicker or quarrel
membalah: to oppose or defy
baligh
puberty
banci
census
balai
hall; station
bancian: census
balik
(1)return (2)behind
balai raya: community hall
berbalik: to turn back; to return
kebalikan: contrary to
membalik-balik: to flip over
membalikkan: to invert; to reverse to position
menterbalikkan: to turn upside down
pembalikan: act of turning upside down; act of returning
sebaliknya: on the contrary
terbalik: upside down; reversed
balak
log (timber)
membalak: to log
pembalakan: logging
bancuh
mix; stir
membancuh: to mix; to stir
bancuhan: mixture
pembancuhan: act of mixing or stirring
bandar
baling
balam
town
spotted-neck dove
throw; fling
berbalam: unclear; vague; hazy
membaling: to throw; to fling
balang
flagon (vessel with lid, lip and handle for serving wine)
baling-baling
propeller; wind-vane
bandaran: municipal
perbandaran: municipality
bandaraya: city
bandela
bale; large bundle
balu
balar
widow
albino
compare
baluarti
balas
reciprocate; reply; avenge
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banding
bulwark; stone wall of defence
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membandingkan: to compare
berbanding: compared with
perbandingan: comparison
sebanding: comparable
pembangkang: the opposition; one who is opposing
banjar
banduan
bangkit
row; range
convict; prisoner
evoke; bring to one's mind; get up
pendulum
berbangkit: to get up
kebangkitan: awakening; resurgence; emergence
membangkitkan: to evoke; to awaken; to raise; to arouse a
feeling in one's mind
bandul
membandul: to swing like a pendulum
banjaran: range of mountains
berbanjar: forming a line or row
membanjarkan: arrange in a row
banjir
flood
bangku
bench; stool
membanjiri: to flood
bangang
duff; stupid
bangsa
bangat
fast; quick
bangau
stork; flamingo
bantah
race; nation of people
protest; disobey; oppose
kebangsaan: national
sebangsa: of the same race
membantah: to protest; to oppose
bantahan: a protest
pembantah: opposer
bangsal
barn; shed
bantai
slaughter; beat up
bangga
elated; proud
membantai: to slaughter; to beat up; to thrash
pembantaian: act of slaughtering
pembantai: butcher
bangsat
vagrant; scoundrel
berbangga: feeling proud
kebanggaan: pride
membanggakan: to arouse a feeling of pride
bantal
bangsawan
high class or rank; nobility; Malay opera
pillow
berbantalkan: to use as a pillow
bantal golek: bolster
bantal peluk: bolster
banggul
hillock; mound
bangsi
bamboo flute
bangkai
banteras
carcass
fight against; eradicate; exterminate
bangun
stand; get up; wake up
bangkang
oppose
membangkang: to oppose
bangkangan: protest; objection; opposition
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bangunan: building
membangun: to get up; to rise; to develop
membangunkan: to awaken someone; to develop; to construct
pembangunan: development; construction
membanteras: to fight against; to eradicate
pembanterasan: eradication
banting
lambaste; reprimand severely
berbarah: having cancer
membarah: cancerous
baru-baru: recently
membarui: to renew
memperbarui: to renew
pembaruan: renovations; reforms
membanting: to beat; to lambaste; to thrash
membanting tulang: to work hard
baran
grumpy; ill-tempered
bantu
help; assist; back; aid
barut
diaper; dressing; bandage
membantu: to help; to assist
bantuan: assistance
pembantu: assistant; helper
barang
goods; things
barangan: goods; commodity
sebarang: whatever; any
sembarangan: whatever; any
basah
wet
bantut
basah kuyup: drenched
basahan: daily used items or clothes
membasahi: to wet
membasahkan: to wet
stunt; hinder; stop
membantutkan: to stunt; to hinder; to stop
terbantut: stunted
banyak
barangkali
perhaps; maybe
basi
barat
much; many
stale; mouldy (of food)
west
banyak-banyak: in large quantities
banyaknya: amount; a large number of
kebanyakan: most of; majority of
membanyakkan: to increase
sebanyak: as much as; as many as
sebanyak-banyaknya: at the most
terbanyak: the most
kebaratan: westernized
kebarat-baratan: westernized
pembaratan: westernization
basmi
eradicate; destroy
membasmi: to eradicate
pembasmian: eradication
baring
lie down
berbaring: to lie down; to recline
membaringkan: to place in a recumbent position
terbaring: in a recumbent position
bapa
father
bapa saudara: uncle
berbapa: having a father
sebapa: having the same father
basuh
wash
basuhan: something that is washed
membasuh: to wash
baris
line; row
barisan: line; front; troops
berbaris: to line up
membariskan: to arrange in rows
pembaris: ruler
perbarisan: parade
bara
embers
membara: furious; smouldering
bata
brick
batal
invalid; null; cancelled
barah
baru
cancer
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membatalkan: to cancel
pembatalan: cancellation
smell; aroma; odour
baya
age
bau-bauan: scent; fragrance; perfume
berbau: to emit an odour
terbau: got the smell
batang
bar; strip; long solid piece; numerical coefficient for cylindrical
objects
sebaya: same age group
batang hidung: bridge of the nose
bayam
bauk
spinach
sideburns; whiskers
batas
(1) limits; confines; boundaries (2) vegetable bed
bayang
baur
membatasi: to limit
pembatasan: limitation
perbatasan: border area; frontier area
terbatas: limited; restricted
berbatas: having a border
shadow; reflection
mix
bayang-bayang: shadow; reflection; imagination
bayangan: shadow; image
berbayang: shadowy; to cast a shadow
membayangi: to form an image; to follow and spy on
membayangkan: to suggest; to imply
terbayang: reflected; pictured
terbayangkan: imagined; reflected
berbaur: mixed (with)
bauran: mixture; hotchpotch
bawa
batik
bring; carry
type of textile print
membawa: to bring; to carry
membawakan: to bring something for someone
terbawa: taken unintentionally
terbawa-bawa: to be involved; to be influenced
pembawa: bearer; carrier
pembawaan: talent
batin
of the inner feelings; mental
bayar
pay
membayar: to pay
bayaran: payment
membayarkan: to pay
pembayar: payer
pembayaran: payment
tok batin: Proto-Malay tribal chief
batiniah: spiritual
kebatinan: inner self
bawah
below; under
bawahan: subordinate; of lower rank or position; inferior
terbawah: lowest
terkebawah: lowest
batu
(1) stone; rock (2) mile
batu api: instigator
batu asah: whetstone
berbatu-batu: stony
membatu: to keep silent
batuan: rock
bayi
baby
bayu
bawal
breeze
ponfret
bazir
batuk
bawang
waste
cough
onion
terbatuk-batuk: to cough uncontrollably
bawang merah: shallot
bawang putih: garlic
bau
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membazirkan: to waste
pembaziran: wastage
bebal
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imbecile; idiotic; silly; foolish; stupid
becak
headstrong; hard; firm
muddy
beban
begini
burden; responsibility
becok
like this
fond of chatting; talkative
bebanan: burden; responsibility
membebani: to burden someone
membebankan: to burden someone
begitu
bedah
like that; so
operate; dissect
bebas
membedah: to operate
pembedahan: surgical operation
free; independent
beguk
mumps
kebebasan: freedom
membebaskan: to liberate; to release
bedak
powder
bebat
bejana
canister
bedak sejuk: powder made from rice
berbedak: powdered
membedaki: to powder
bandage; dressing
membebat: to apply a dressing to a wound
bekal
cater; supply food
bedal
bebawang
bulb (of plant)
bekalan: provisions; stock; supply; ration
berbekal: having a supply of
membekalkan: to supply; to provide; to furnish
pembekal: supplier
pembekalan: that which is supplied
whip; beat
membedal: to whip; to beat
bebel
incomprehensible utterings
bedek
aim at
membebel: to utter incoherently
bekam
seize; grip
membedek: to take aim at
membekam: to draw blood from
beberapa
several
bedil
gunpowder; gun
bekas
(1) former; ex- (2) container (3) traces
bedilan: shooting; firing
membedil: to shoot
bebibir
bekas darah: blood stain
bekas luka: scar
berbekas: having marks or traces
flange; projecting rim
beduk
big drum used in the mosque
beca
trishaw; rickshaw
bekat
full
begar
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beku
belanja
frozen; hardened; solidified
expenses; expenditure
otak beku: stupid person
membekukan: to cause to freeze or solidify
membeku: to coagulate or clot
pembekuan: coagulation
belak
belanjawan: budget
berbelanja: to spend
membelanjakan: to spend
perbelanjaan: expenditure
mottled
belaka
altogether; entirely; quite
bekuan
belantan
hot
club; bludgeon; truncheon
belakang
back; rear; behind
bela
belakangan: recently
membelakangi: to ignore; to disregard
membelakangkan: to ignore; to disregard; to place at the back
terkebelakang: out-of-date; far behind
(1) advocate; defend; avenge (2) rear or breed
membela: to defend; to avenge; to look after
pembelaan: defence; protection
belaan: that which is taken care of
belantara
forest
belas
(1) compassion; pity; mercy (2) numerals from eleven to
nineteen
belalai
elephant's trunk; proboscis
belacan
belasan: teenager; numerals from eleven to nineteen
kesebelasan: eleventh
berbelas: having sympathy or pity
shrimp paste
belalang
grasshopper
belacu
calico
belasah
flog; whip
Belanda
membelasah: to flog; to whip
Dutch
belah
to split; to bisect; to cut in half
belahan: cleft; cleavage
berbelah bagi: half-hearted
membelah: to split
menyebelahi: to take sides; to side with
sebelah: half; beside; towards
sebelah-menyebelah: on both sides
bersebelahan: side by side; near
terbelah: apart; separated
belat
belang
fish-trap
stripe
berbelang: striped
belati
European
belanga
clay cooking pot
belau
belai
shimmering
cherish; coaxing; caress
belangkas
king-crab
belaian: coaxing; caress
membelai: to cherish; to caress
membelai-belai: to cherish; to caress
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belauan: diffraction of light
belebas
ledge; lath
beliau
belulang
he or she
hide; untanned leather; patch of hardened skin
belek
scrutinise
belikat
belum
shoulder-blade
not yet
membelek: to scrutinise
sebelum: before
belimbing
starfruit
belengas
sticky
belut
eel
belit
belenggu
circumlocutary; twisting; twining
manacle; handcuff; shackle
bembam
membelit: to coil or twine around
belitan: a coil
berbelit-belit: coiled; twined; twisted
membelitkan: to entwine
pembelit: swindler; deceiver
terbelit: coiled; twined
membelenggu: to handcuff; to shackle
terbelenggu: handcuffed; shackled
belerang
roast in hot embers
membembam: to roast in hot embers
benak
sulphur
silly; stupid
beliung
hatchet; small axe; adze
beli
benam
buy
embed; immerse in water
membeli: to buy
belian: the purchase
membeli-belah: shopping
membelikan: to buy for
pembeli: purchaser
pembelian: the purchase
terbeli: able to buy
belok
terbenam: immersed in water; embedded
membenamkan: to immerse; to embed
turn (in direction)
membelok: to turn (in direction)
membelokkan: to change the course or direction
belokan: a bend or curve; a change of direction
benang
thread
belot
belia
betray
youth
benar
genuine; true; real; correct
membelot: to betray
pembelot: traitor
pembelotan: betrayal; treason
benar-benar: really; truly; very
kebenaran: truth; permission; approval
membenarkan: to allow; to permit
sebenarnya: in fact
beliak
dilated; wide open (of eyes)
terbeliak: wide open
membeliakkan: to dilate
belukar
bush; shrub; secondary forest
bencana
(1) harmful; very unpleasant (2) disaster
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benci
bendi
hate; detest
lady's finger
kebencian: hatred
membenci: to hate; to loathe
pembenci: one who hates
bendul
bengkarung
newt
bengkel
cross-beam
workshop
benda
thing
bendung
barrier; dyke
kebendaan: materialism
bengkeng
cantankerous; irritable
membendung: to barricade; to dam
bendahara
chief minister of a Malay State
bengal
membengkengi: to scold; to irritate
bengkok
temporarily deaf; stubborn
perbendaharaan: treasury
bent; crooked
membengkokkan: to bend
bengang
bendahari
treasurer; bursar
buzzing or ringing in the ears
bengkung
sash for the waist; corset; girdle
bengis
bendalir
cruel; harsh
fluid
benguk
membengis: to act cruelly
goitre
bendang
wet rice-fields
bengkak
benih
(1) swollen; bloated (2) swelling
seed
membengkak: to swell
bendar
ditch or moat
bening
transparent; clear; limpid
bengkalai
unfinished
bendela
bale; package
terbengkalai: unfinished
benjol
bump or swelling, esp. left by a blow
bendera
bengkang
zig-zag
flag
bengkang-bengkok: zig-zag
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bentak
snarl; snap
berani mati: not afraid of death
membentak: to snarl; to snap
bera
blush; flushing of face
berapa
bentan
how much; how many
relapse
seberapa: any amount; as much or as many as
berahi
amorous; feeling sexual love
bentang
spread out (carpet or mat)
keberahian: passion
memberahikan: to arouse passion
membentang: to spread out (carpet or mat); to put forward (a
proposal)
membentangi: to spread out or unroll (carpet or mat)
terbentang; spread out or unrolled
beras
rice
beras kunyit: saffron rice
beras pulut: glutinous rice
berak
defecate
terberak: to defecate
berat
bentar
heavy; tough
moment
sebentar: a moment
sebentar-sebentar: at short intervals
beratnya: weight
keberatan: reluctant
beranda
gallery; verandah; terrace
berenga
bentara
maggot
berang
herald; state proclamation officer
disgruntled; discontented; annoyed
beres
benteng
in order; settled
berangan
stronghold; fortress
chestnut
berbentengkan: use as a fort
membentengi: fortify
berbenteng: fortified
berangsang
pep; vigour
membereskan: to settle; to arrange
pemberesan: settlement; arrangement
Berhad
Limited
memberangsangkan: to fill with vigour; to enliven
bentuk
form; shape; appearance
berbentuk: having the form of
membentuk: to form; to create; to mould
pembentukan: formation; creation; establishment
sebentuk: numerical coefficient for curved objects
terbentuk: formed; established
berhala
berangus
beri
berani
benua
continent
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idol; image; fetish; worshipped object
muzzle
brave
give
keberanian: bravery
memberanikan: to encourage
memberi: to give
memberikan: to give
pemberian: gift; allowance
pemberi: one who gives
rebel; revolt
berus
brush
memberontak: to rebel; to revolt
pemberontak: a rebel; an insurgent
pemberontakan: a rebellion; a revolt
memberus: to brush
beringin
banyan tree
besan
beroti
parents of a married couple
batten
berita
news
besar
berita angin: rumour
berita kilat: newsflash
memberitakan: to inform
pemberita: reporter; journalist
bersih
big
clean
besar hati: proud; elated
besar kepala: stubborn; conceited; big-headed
besar mulut: boastful
besar-besaran: grand; on a large scale
berbesar hati: grateful
kebesaran: greatness
membesar: to grow big
membesar-besarkan: to exaggerate
membesarkan: to enlarge
membesarkan diri: to brag
memperbesar: to enlarge or expand
pembesar: dignitary
terbesar: largest
kebersihan: cleanliness
membersihkan: to clean
pembersih: cleaner
pembersihan: act of cleaning
beritahu
inform
memberitahu: to inform
pemberitahuan: announcement; notification
berkas
bersin
sneeze
bersut
bundle
glower; scowl
besi
memberkas: to bind; to arrest
memberkaskan: to bind; to fasten
iron (metal)
bertih
besi baja: steel
besi berani: magnet
rice fried in the husk
berkat
bertih jagung: popcorn
boon; benefit; blessing
besok
memberkati: to bless
tomorrow
beruang
bear
berlian
bestari
diamond
well-bred; intelligent
berudu
tadpole
bernas
full (of grain); highly spirited (of speech); factual and convincing
(of writing); fertile and productive (of cultivation)
besut
refine metal
beruk
monkey
membesut: to refine metal; to spurt (of water or blood)
berontak
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difference
beta
I; me (used by king)
berbeza: to differ; to be different
berbeza-beza: differently
membeza-bezakan: to differentiate; to discriminate; to
distinguish between
membezakan: to differentiate
perbezaan: difference; dissimilarity
pembezaan: differentiation; discrimination; classification
betah
recovered; accustomed
biasiswa
scholarship
biawak
iguana
betapa
biadab
how (emphasising the degree)
impolite; discourteous
biaya
cost; expenses
kebiadaban: rudeness
betik
dibiayai: defrayed
membiayai: to defray; to subsidise
pembiayaan: financing; subsidisation
pembiaya: the person who pays for the expenses
papaya
biak
prolific; productive; fertile
betina
female
membiak: to multiply; to reproduce
membiakkan: to breed; to rear
pembiakan: breeding; reproduction
bibir
let; allow
bicara
lip
beting
sandbar; sandbank
biar
discussion
membiarkan: to allow; to neglect; to ignore
terbiar: neglected; ignored
betis
berbicara: to discuss
membicarakan: to discuss; to deliberate over; to preside over a
court case
pembicaraan: discussion
perbicaraan: court hearing or trial
calf (of leg)
biara
betul
convent; monastery
correct; true
betul-betul: truly; exactly; really
kebetulan: by coincidence; by chance; incidentally
membetulkan: to correct; to rectify
pembetulan: correction
sebetulnya: in fact
bicu
jack (for lifting heavy objects)
bias
deflect; refract
biasan: refraction; diversion
membiaskan: to deflect; to refract
bidaah
habitual; usual; ordinary
bidadari
heresy
betung
a large type of bamboo
biasa
pembetungan: sewerage
houri (beautiful woman of the Muslim paradise)
biasanya: usually
kebiasaan: custom; habit; practice
membiasakan: to accustom; to familiarise
beza
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bidai
blinds; screen
bijak
bidak
bila
judicious; smart; wise
when; if
kebijakan: intelligence; smartness
bila-bila: whenever
pawn
bidal
thimble
bijaksana
judicious; smart; wise
bilah
blade (of knife or sword); lath; numerical coefficient for weapons
of sharpened metal
bidalan: proverb
kebijaksanaan: wisdom; prudence
bidan
bilal
midwife
bijan
muezzin
sesame seed
bidang
bilang
domain; field or range of activity; numeral coefficient for things
that are spread out and flat
biji
calculate; count; tell; repeat
seed; grain; pip; numerical coefficient for fruits and small
spherical objects
bilangan: number; amount; quantity
berbilang: several; numerous
membilang: to count; to call out; to say
sebilangan: a number of
terbilang: counted; included; famous
berbiji: having seed
biji-bijian: cereals
bidas
criticise; spring back or rebound
membidas: to criticise; to spring back or rebound
bijih
ore
bilas
rinse; wash; cleanse
bijih besi: iron ore
bijih timah: tin ore
bidik
aim at
membilas: to rinse or wash
bilasan: cleansing; rinsing
membidik: to aim at
bijirin
cereal
bilik
room
biduan
male singer
bikin
make
bilis
bloodshot eye
biduanda
membikin: to make; to manufacture
bikinan: product; creation
pageboy; valet
bimbang
fearful; worried; anxious; nervous
biduanita
biku
female singer
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edging; trimming
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kebimbangan: anxiety; worry
membimbangkan: to cause anxiety
membincangkan: to discuss
perbincangan: discussion
bimbing
bingung
lead; guide
bewildered; confused
bincut
bimbingan: guidance; tuition; advice
membimbing: to lead; to guide
pembimbing: a guide or leader; adviser
lump; swelling
kebingungan: bewilderment; confusion
membingungkan: to confuse; to puzzle; to perplex
bingal
stubborn
bini
bimbit
wife
carry dangling in the hand
berbini: married (for a man)
membimbit: to carry dangling in the hand
bingit
deafening
membingitkan: to deafen tmporarily
bintang
bin
star
son of
berbintang: starry
sebintang: compatible
membintangi: to act in a film
perbintangan: astronomy; astrology
bingka
a type of cake made from tapioca
bina
construct; build
binaan: something built or constructed
membina: to construct; to build
pembina: builder
pembinaan: construction
bingkah
nugget; chunk
binti
frame
bintik
daughter of
bingkai
binasa
spot; dot
destroyed; ruined
berbintik: spotted; dotted
membinasakan: to destroy
pembinasa: destroyer
pembinasaan: destruction
bingung
bewildered; confused
bintil
nodule; pimple
bingkas
binatang
animal
bounce; rebound
kebinatangan: animalistic characteristics; bestiality
membingkas: to bounce; to rebound
biola
discuss
parcel; package
birai
berbincang: to discuss; to deliberate
berbincang-bincang: to discuss
bingkisan: a gift or present
membingkis: to send a gift or present accompanied by a letter
violin
bingkis
bincang
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blind or screen, esp. on roller, for window; balustrade
biras
bisu
relationship between two brothers' wives or between two sisters'
husbands
mute or dumb
membisu: to remain silent
bohong
lie; bluff
biri-biri
sheep
berbohong: to lie
membohongi: to lie to; to deceive
membohongkan: to denounce as a lie; to deny
pembohong: liar
pembohongan: a lie
bisul
boil; abscess
biru
blue
bius
anesthesia
biru lebam: blue black
biru muda: light blue
kebiru-biruan: bluish
kebiruan: blueness
bola
membius: to anesthetise
pembiusan: anesthetisation
bolak-balik
vacillation
bobok
bisa
ball
sleep
venom; malice
berbolak-balik: to vacillate; to hesitate
membolak-balik: to twist and turn
membobok: to gurgle
membobokkan: to put a child to sleep
berbisa: venomous; malicious
boleh
bisik
bocor
can; able to; permitted to
whisper
leaking; a leak
bisikan: a murmur; a whisper
berbisik: to whisper
membisikkan: to whisper
kebocoran: leakage
membocorkan: to cause a leak; to puncture
boleh jadi: maybe
berkebolehan: capable; talented
kebolehan: ability
membolehkan: to permit; to allow
seboleh-bolehnya: to the best of one's ability
bodoh
bising
stupid
noisy
bolos
kebodohan: stupidity
memperbodohkan: to make a fool of
kebisingan: noisiness
membising: to make noise
pierced; penetrated; stripped off (hair, feathers, clothes, etc.
membolos: to abandon; to desert
bogel
biskop
nude; naked
bolot
bishop
wrap up
berbogel: nude; naked
membogelkan: to undress
membolot: to wrap up; to bundle together; to win
bistari
expert; skilled
boh
bomba
cow's moo
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fire brigade
borong
wholesale
bomoh
memborong: to buy wholesale
memborongkan: to sell wholesale
pemborong: wholesaler
bongkok
Malay medicine-man
hunchback
membongkok: to stoop; to humble oneself
membongkokkan: to bend; to stoop; to bow
terbongkok-bongkok; doubled up
bonceng
boros
sponger; ride pillion
extravagant
membonceng: to get a lift from; to sponge on somebody
memboncengkan: to give a lift to
pembonceng: passenger
bonda
youngest (of children); lowest (of rungs of ladder or steps)
bonjol
mother
a bulge; a lump
boneka
memboroskan: to waste
borosan: extravagance
pemboros: spendthrift
bongsu
bosan
bored
kebosanan: boredom
membosankan: to bore
pembosan: one who is easily bored
boo
doll; puppet
exclamation of disapproval
bonggol
botak
bopeng
hump
bald
pock-marked
membotakkan: to make bald
berbonggol: having a hump
bor
tool for drilling
bongkah
boyak
drab; dull; uninteresting; tasteless
block or solid piece
berbongkah-bongkah: in large chunks or pieces
borak
talk idly
boyot
pot-bellied
berborak: to talk idly
bongkak
arrogant; boastful
buah
borang
form (document)
bongkar
unpack; unload
membongkar: to unpack; to unload
bongkar-bangkir: in disorder
membongkar rahsia: to expose a secret
membongkar sauh: to raise up the anchor
terbongkar: forced open; exposed
pembongkaran: disclosure; upheaval
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borek
speckled; spotted
(1)fruit (2)numeral coefficient for large objects
buah fikiran: opinion; thought
buah hati: sweetheart
buah-buahan: fruits
berbuah: to bear fruit
membuahkan: to produce; to yield; to cause
buah pinggang: kidney
buai
swing; rock; sway
buaian: a cradle; a swing
berbuai-buai: to swing
membuai: to make something swing
terbuai-buai: swinging; swaying; rocking
buaya
budaya
crocodile
culture
buaya darat: thief; scoundrel
budayawan: cultured person
kebudayaan: culture
bubar
buak
disband; disperse; scatter
effervescence
budi
kindness; good deed
membubarkan: to disperse; to liquidate
pembubaran: liquidation; disbandment
budi bahasa: good manners
budi bicara: discretion; common-sense
budi pekerti: disposition; character
berbudi: kind; wise; sensible
bual
converse
bualan: talk; chatter; conversation
berbual: to converse
perbualan: conversation
bubu
fish-trap made of bamboo and rattan
budiman
wise; generous
bubuh
put; add; affix
buang
discard; throw
membuang: to throw
membuangkan: to throw away; to discard
terbuang: discarded
buangan: something that has been discarded
membubuhi: to add; to affix
membubuhkan: to add; to affix
bubuk
bugar
strong and healthy
buih
woodworm
foam
berbuih: foaming
buas
savage; uncivilised; wild
bubul
cobble; mend roughly
membuas: act savagely
bujang
(1)celebate (2)unmarried man; bachelor
bubur
buasir
porridge
pile; haemorrhoid
bujuk
persuade; coax
bujukan: persuasion
bucu
buat
corner; angle
make; do or perform
membuat: to do; to make; to cause
buat sementara: temporarily
buatan: brand; manufactured by; product of
perbuatan: deed; act
pembuatan: manufacture; production
buat-buatan: pretence
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bujur
oblong; oval; longitudinal
budak
child
kebudak-budakan: childish
membujur: to stretch out lengthwise
terbujur: stretched out lengthwise
buka
bulang
bumi
open
band; strip; head-dress
(1)earth (2)dry land
membuka: to open
membukakan: to expose; to open; to reveal
pembukaan: opening
terbuka: not covered; unlimited; public
bukaan: an opening or aperture
bulangan: ribbon
mengebumikan: to bury
pengebumian: burial
bulat
circular; round; spherical
buncit
distended; bloated
bulatan: (1)circle (2)traffic roundabout
membulatkan: to make circular or round
sebulat: unanimous
bukan
non-; not; does not
membuncitkan: to inflate
bukan-bukan: absurdity; nonsense
bundar
bulbul
round; globular
nightingale
bukit
membundarkan: to make something round
hill
berbukit: hilly
berbukit-bukit: hilly
membukit: to pile up; to heap up
buli-buli
(1)small flask or jug (2)small gland
bunga
(1)flower (2)interest (monetary)
bunga api: sparklers
bunga-bungaan: all kinds of flowers
berbunga: to produce flowers
berbunga-bunga: floral; flowery
membungai: to decorate
bulu
bukti
fur; body hair; feathers
evidence; proof
berbulu: hairy; feathery
bulu babi: sea-urchin
bulu kambing: wool
bulu kening: eyebrows
membuktikan: to prove
terbukti: proven
bungkal
lump; weight
buku
(1)book (2)loaf (of bread) (3)knot (in wood) (4)node
buluh
bamboo
buku lima: fist
membukukan: to record; to note; to put into book form
pembukuan: an entry in a book
bungkam
quiet; speechless
membungkam: to gag; to silence
pembungkam: silencer
bulur
hungry
bulan
kebuluran: starvation
(1)moon (2)month
bungkus
bulan madu: honeymoon
bulan purnama: full moon
bulan sabit: crescent
bulanan: monthly
berbulan-bulan: for several months
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wrap up
bumbung
roof
membumbung: to rise; to ascend
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bungkusan: parcel; package
membungkus: to wrap
pembungkusan: packaging
berbungkus: wrapped up
pembungkus: wrapper
membunuh: to kill
pembunuh: killer; murderer
pembunuhan: murder; killing
terbunuh: killed
burut
hernia
bunian
invisible forest elf or spirit
bunyi
sound
busa
froth; foam
bunyi-bunyian: music
berbunyi: to sound
membunyikan: to produce a sound
sebunyi: of the same sound
buntak
short and stout
berbusa: to froth; to foam
membusa: to pant; to puff
buntal
(1)bloated; pot-bellied (2)globe-fish
busuk
buru
rotten; bad; putrid
hunt
berburu: to hunt
memburu: to hunt
pemburu: hunter
pemburuan: a hunt
perburuan: prey
terburu-buru: in great haste
buntang
wide open and staring (of eyes)
membuntang: to stare wide-eyed
membusuk: to give out a strong bad odour
membusukkan: to disgrace or defame; to putrefy
kebusukan: decay; badness
busung
bloated; distended
buntil
cloth knapsack
buruh
labourer; worker
busur
bow (for shooting arrows)
perburuhan: labour
bunting
pregnant (of animals)
busut
buruj
molehill; anthill
constellation of stars
buntu
blocked or closed
kebuntuan: deadlock
buta
buruk
buntut
bottom or buttocks
membuntuti: to trail; to follow
bad; ugly
blind
buruk laku: ill-mannered
buruk makan: gluttonous
buruk sangka: prejudiced
buruk siku: to take back what has been given
keburukan: ugliness; badness; wickedness
memburukkan: to worsen; to aggravate
buta huruf: illiterate
membuta: (1)to sleep soundly (2)to act blindly
butang
button
bunuh
kill
burung
bird
berbunuhan: killing of one another
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butir
(1)item; fact; point (2)numeral coefficient for small round objects
cabutan: a draw (as in a lottery)
mencabut: to pull out; to extract by pulling
mencabut nyawa: to take a life
mencabut undi: to draw lots
tercabut: has been pulled out
buyung
earthenware
cadang
intend
bercadang: intend
cadangan: proposal; suggestion
mencadangkan: to propose; to plan; to suggest
pencadang: proposer
cacah
tattoo
C
bercacah: tattooed
mencacah: to tattoo
cadar
bedsheet
cabai
chilli
cacak
caduk
upright or erect (for pole)
lift up (e.g. snake's head about to strike)
mencacak: to plant upright
mencacakkan: to plant upright
tercacak: upright or erect
mencaduk: to lift up (e.g. snake's head about to strike)
cabang
branch
bercabang: having branches
bercabang-cabang: having many branches
cagar
deposit; mortgage
cacar
cabar
smallpox
cagaran: a deposit
mencagarkan: to pawn; to mortgage; to deposit as security
challenge
bercacar: vaccinated against smallpox
pencacaran: vaccination against smallpox
cabaran: a challenge
mencabar: to challenge
pencabar: challenger
cagut
peck or eat with beak
cacat
defective; handicapped; deformed
mencagut: to peck or eat with beak
cabik
tattered; ragged; torn
cacat akal: mentally retarded
kecacatan: a handicap or defect
mencacati: to abuse; to deface; to deform
mencabik: to tear or rip
mencabikkan: to tear or rip
cahaya
light; radiance
bercahaya: giving out light
caci
cabul
scorn; abuse
indecent; disgusting
cacian: an abusive remark
bercaci-cacian: to exchange abusive remarks
mencaci: to scorn; to abuse
mencabul: to molest
mencabuli: to molest
pencabulan: violation; molestation
cair
liquid
cairan: solution; dilution
mencairkan: to liquefy; to melt; to dilute
pencairan: liquefaction
cacing
cabut
worm
(1) to pull out (2) to flee
cabut lari: to leave immediately
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obtuse; blunt
mencalit: to smear or smudge
mencalitkan: to smear or smudge
campur
mix
campur tangan: interfere
campuran: mixture; combination
bercampur: to be involved; to associate
bercampur baur: mixed (feelings)
bercampur gaul: to mingle
mencampur: to mix
mencampuradukkan: to mix up; to muddle up
mencampuri: to mix with; to associate with
mencampurkan: to mix
tercampur: mixed; blended
cakap
talk; speak
calon
candidate
bercakap: to talk; to speak
bercakap-cakap: to chat
percakapan: conversation; talk
mencalonkan: to nominate
pencalonan: nomination
cakar
calung
(1) a claw (2) claw or scratch
dipper; ladle; cup for collecting latex
canai
bercakar: to argue
mencakar: to scratch; to claw
pencakar langit: skyscraper
grind; polish
cam
batu canai: whet-stone; grinding wheel
roti canai: a flat Malaysian bread made from wheat
mencanai: to roll out the dough; to grind; to polish
recognise; identify
mengecam: to recognise; to identify
mengecamkan: to ascertain the identity of
pengecaman: identification
cakera
wheel; disc
cakera padat: compact disc
canang
gong
camar
seagull
mencanangkan: to announce
cekerawala
universe; firmament
cambah
candat
burgeon; begin to grow rapidly
grapnel
cakup
catch something by using hand or mouth
bercambah: germinate; sprout
mencambahkan: to sow
percambahan: germination
mencakup: to catch something using hand or mouth
candu
opium
calar
camca
abrasion; scratch
spoon
cangak
look up
calar-balar: badly scratched
bercalar: having been scratched
mencalarkan: to scratch
tercalar: injured by being scratched
mencangak: to look up
campak
(1) throw; fling; hurl (2) measles
mencampak: to throw; to fling
mencampakkan: to throw away; to fling; to hurl; to cast away
tercampak: thrown
calit
smear or smudge
calitkan: to smear with
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canggah
(1) fork (2) dissent
bercanggah: in opposition; conflicting; forked
bercanggahan: in opposition; conflicting; forked
percanggahan: opposition; conflict
cantik
canggih
(1) sophisticated (2) excessively talkative
cari
beautiful
search
kecantikan: beauty
mencantikkan: to beautify
mencari: to search; to look for
mencari-cari: to search; to look for
mencarikan: to look for
tercari-cari: looking for; searching
pencarian: livelihood
kecanggihan: sophistication
cantum
coalesce; join together; come together
canggung
gauche; awkward; clumsy
bercantum: to join together; to coalesce; to come together
mencantumkan: to join; to merge; to bring together
percantuman: merger; union
tercantum: joined together
carigali
exploration
mencarigali: to explore
cangkat
hillock
cap
cangkir
small cup
carik
stamp; print; trade mark
tear or rip
cap jari: fingerprint
cap mohor: royal or official seal
mengecap: to imprint; to stamp a mark or brand
mencarik-carikkan: to tear into small pieces
carta
cangkuk
chart; map; table; diagram
hook
capai
achieve; attain; accomplish
mencangkuk: to hook
mencangkukkan: to attach hooks to
tercangkuk: hooked
mencapai: to achieve; to attain; to accomplish
pencapaian: achievement; accomplishment; attainment
tercapai: achieved
cangkul
hoe
caruk
gorge; eat greedily
carum
capal
fee; subscription
sandals
mencangkul: to hoe; to dig
caruman: fee; subscription
capik
cangkung
squat
lame; limping
carut
obscenity
tercapik-capik: limping
mencangkung: to squat
mencarut: to talk obscenely
cara
cantas
way; means; method
to prune, trim or lop
cas
electrical charge
secara: by way of; like; resembling
mencantas: to prune, trim or lop
cat
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paint
bercat: painted
mengecat: to paint
cawangan
branch (e.g. of office)
cecair
cawat
ceceh
liquid
catat
note down; jot down
loincloth
mencatat: to note down; to jot down
catatan: a note
mencatatkan: to note down; to jot down
pencatat: registrar
bleat
bercawat: to wear a loincloth
cecekik
noose
cebik
pout; jeer; mock
catu
ration
mencebik: to pout; to jeer; to mock
mencebikkan: to pout
catuan: a ration; a fixed allowance
mencatukan: to ration
pencatuan: rationing
cedera
injure
kecederaan: injury
mencederakan: to injure; to hurt
tercedera: injured; wounded
cebis
bit; piece
catuk
cebisan: a small piece or quantity
peck with beak
cedok
scoop up
mencatuk: to peck with beak
cebok
mencedok: to scoop up
pencedok: a scoop
(1) water dipper (2) wash up after defaecating or urinating
catur
mencebok: to wash the lower part of the body after defaecating
or urinating
chess
cegah
deter; prevent
catut
mencegah: to deter; to prevent; to hinder
pencegah: something that prevents; preventive
pencegahan: prevention
pincers
cebur
plunge
cauk
mencebur: to plunge
menceburi: to get involved in; to plunge into
menceburkan: to plunge into; to get involved in
dimple
cegat
stand erect or upright
tercegat: stand erect or upright
cawak
dimple
cecah
dip lightly
mencecah: to dip lightly
mencecahkan: to touch something lightly
cawan
cekah
to crack or split
cup
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cekak
amount one can hold with thumb and finger
secekak: amount one can hold with thumb and finger
bercekak: with arms akimbo
bercekak pinggang: standing with arms akimbo
mencekak: to hold between thumb and finger
cekup
celaru
cover or catch something with the palm
disorganised; disorderly
mencekup: to cover or catch something with the palm
bercelaru; disorganised; disorderly
mencelarukan: to disorganise
cela
cekal
fault; blame; flaw; misdeed
resolute; firm; determined
celepa
metal containers for cigarettes, tobacco, etc
celaan: criticism; rebuke
mencela: to blame; to criticise; to rebuke
mencelakan: to blame; to criticise; to rebuke
tercela: despicable
cekal hati: stout-hearted; steadfast
celik
open (eyes); wake up
cekang
stiff; taut; tight
mencelik mata: to open the eyes
mencelikkan: to open the eyes
celaan
severe criticism and rebuke
cekap
efficient; proficient; competent
celopar
celah
kecekapan: competence; efficiency
ketidakcekapan: incompetent
talkative; out-spoken; very frank
interspace; slit; crevice; cleft
mencelah: to interrupt
celoteh
chat
cekau
clutch at; grasp at
celak
berceloteh: to chatter
eye-liner
mencekau: to clutch at; to grasp at
celungap
celaka
cekik
eat greedily
fatal; fateful; inauspicious; damn
choke; strangle
kecelakaan: misfortune; accident
mencelakakan: to cause misfortune; to ruin
mencekik darah: daylight robbery
tercekik: choking; to be choked
celup
dip in liquid; dye
mencelup: to dip; to immerse temporarily
mencelupkan: to dip; to immerse temporarily
pencelup: dye
pencelupan: act of dipping
celana
cekuh
trousers
hold with the hand
mencekuh: to hold with the hand
celapak
straddle
celur
immerse in boiling water; scald
cekung
mencelapak: to straddle
concave
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cemeti
bercendawan: mouldy
whip
celus
penetrate or slip in
cendekia
cemik
mencelus: to penetrate; to slip in
intellectual; learned
pout lips to sneer
cendekiawan: an intellectual
mencemik: to pout one's lips to sneer or tease
mencemikkan: to pout; to sneer
cemar
contaminated; impure; polluted
cendera
(1) moon (2) deity
mencemari: to contaminate; to pollute
mencemarkan: to dirty; to tarnish
pencemaran: pollution; contamination
tercemar: contaminated; polluted
cempaka
a type of tree with sweet-smelling flowers
cenderamata
souvenir
cempedak
a fruit resembling the jackfruit
cemara
wig; artificial hair
cenderawasih
bird of paradise
cemuh
flout or disobey openly; ridicule
cemas
dreaded; frightened; worried; desperate
mencemuhkan: to ridicule
kecemasan: emergency; urgency
mencemaskan: to cause fear
cenderung
inclined or sloping
kecenderungan: tendency; inclination
cencaluk
prawn pickle
cembul
cendol
container; receptacle
a drink made of jelly-like strands of dough and coconut milk
cencang
chop or mince
cembung
mencencang: to chop or mince
convex
cengang
amaze
tercengang-cengang: amazed
cencorot
cemburu
musk-shrew or shrew-mouse
jealous
cengkadak
praying mantis
cendana
cemerlang
excellent
sandalwood
cengkam
kecemerlangan: excellence; glory; glow; radiance
grasp or clutch tightly
cendawan
mushroom
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cengkaman: grasp; grip; clutch; stranglehold
mencengkam: to grasp; to clutch
cepoh
a lecture or talk
club-footed
berceramah: to lecture
penceramah: speaker
cengkeram
deposit
cepu
small ornamental casket
cerana
cepudebunga: anther
cengkerama
amuse
metal box
bercengkerama: to amuse
cepumas
cerang
jackpot
moor
cengkerik
cricket or cicada (insect)
ceracap
cerat
castanets
nozzle
cengkih
clove (spice)
ceracau
cengkung
sunken or hollow (of eyes or cheeks)
cerca
mutter or talk nonsense
scorn; insult
menceracau: to mutter or talk nonsense; to cry in one's sleep
mencerca: to scorn; to insult
cerah
cerdas
bright; fair (light-coloured); fine (weather); promising
cenuram
apt; intelligent
cliff
kecerdasan: intelligence
cerai
divorce; separate; scatter
cepat
cerdik
quick; fast; early
ceraian: section of a written law or agreement
bercerai: divorced; to part
bercerai-berai: scattered; broken up
menceraikan: to divorce; to separate
perceraian: separation; divorce
tercerai: separated; scattered
kecepatan: quickness; speed
mempercepatkan: to quicken; to speed up
secepat: as quickly as
bright; clever; intelligent
kecerdekan: intelligence
cerek
kettle
cepiau
hat with strings that tie under the chin; bonnet
cerakin
to analyse
mencerakin: to analyse
mencerakinkan: to analyse
cepoa
abacus
ceramah
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cereka
story; fiction
cerewet
fussy; fastidious
cergas
energetic; alert; full of initiative
cerompong
muzzle (of firearm)
cerutu
cerpelai
cetai
cigar
kecergasan: agility; alertness
mongoose
tattered
cerita
story
bercetai-cetai: tattered
bercerita: to tell a story
menceritakan: to narrate
penceritaan: narration of a story
cerpen
short story
cetak
cerpenis: short story writer
print
pile driven into the ground
cetak rompak: piracy (in printing)
cetakan: edition; print (noun)
mencetak: to print
percetakan: printing
cermat
careful; cautious; thrifty
cerucuk
mencermatkan: to economise
cetek
cerucup
cermin
shallow
love-grass
mirror
cermin mata: spectacles
cerminan: reflection
bercermin: having a mirror
mencerminkan: to reflect; to give an impression of
ceti
ceruh
money lender
to pound (rice)
menceruh: to pound (rice)
cetus
cerna
outburst (of feeling); outbreak
digest
ceruk
cetusan: outburst; outbreak
mencetuskan: to cause an outburst
nook; corner
mencernakan: to digest
pencernaan: digestion
cerun
steep slope (at edge of plateau)
ceroboh
(1) trespass; gatecrash; intrude (2) graceless
kecerunan: gradient; steepness
cicak
(1) cheroot (2) to tie tightly; to strangle with rope
cicit
lizard
menceroboh: to trespass
penceroboh: trespasser; intruder
pencerobohan: intrusion
cerut
mencerut: to tie up tightly; to strangle
mencerut leher: to strangle
cerobong
ship's funnel; chimney
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great grandchild
mencicit: to squeak
cipta
create; invent
ciptaan: creation
mencipta: to create; to invent
pencipta: creator; author
penciptaan: the creation of
tercipta: created; composed
cicir
drop or fall out
berciciran: dropping scatteredly
keciciran: drop-out
mencicirkan: to scatter little by little
tercicir: left behind; dropped out; lagged behind
coklat
brown; chocolate
cokmar
ceremonial mace
ciri
characteristic
Cik
colek
bercirikan: featured; characterised
mencirikan: to characterise
Miss
a bit
secolek: a bit
mencolek: to touch; to scrape up
cikgu
cirit-birit
teacher
diarrhoea
coli
brassiere
ciku
cita-cita
sapodilla (fruit)
ambition
colok
bercita-cita: ambitious
citarasa: taste; flavour
Cina
joss-stick
Chinese
comel
cium
cute
(1) kiss (2) smell
cincin
ring
bercium: (1) to kiss (2) to smell
ciuman: (1) a kiss (2) a sniff; a smell
bercium-ciuman: to exchange kisses
mencium: (1) to kiss (2) to smell; to sniff
tercium: (1) kissed accidentally (2) sniffed; smelt
cinta
comot
dirty; grubby
love
bercinta: in love; having feeling of love
mencintai: to love
pencinta: lover; fan; admirer
pencinta alam: nature lover
percintaan: love affair
tercinta: loved
compang-camping
in rags or tatters (clothes)
cocok
suitable; agreeable; compatible
secocok: suitable; agreeable; compatible; identical; similar
condong
incline; slant
cogan
cipan
ensign
(1) battle-axe (2) tapir
kecondongan: inclination
mencondongkan: to slant; to incline
cogan kata: slogan; motto
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congak
coreng-moreng: full of streaks and scratches
bercoreng: streaked
count mentally
congkak
mencubit: to pinch
secubit: a pinch (very small amount)
cubitan: a pinch
coret
conceited; proud
scribble or scrawl
cuci
(1)wash (2)develop (a film)
conteng
mencuci: to wash
cucian: laundry or washing
corong
doodle
funnel; chimney; microphone
menconteng: to doodle on
mencontengkan: to doodle
cucu
grandchild
corot
hindmost
cucu-cicit: grandchild and great grandchild
contoh
example; sample; model
cota
mencontohi: to take as an example
percontohan: specimen; sample
baton
cucuh
ignite
mencucuh: to ignite
mencucuhkan: to set fire to
pencucuh: igniter
cuaca
copet
weather; climate
pickpocket
mencopet: to pickpocket
pencopet: a pickpocket
cucuk
cuai
prick; inject; pierce
careless; negligent
mencucuk: to prick; to inject; to poke
tercucuk: pricked; pierced; stabbed
kecuaian: carelessness; negligence
mencuaikan: to neglect; to act carelessly
corak
design; pattern; colour
bercorak: having designs and colour
mencorakkan: to design
cucunda
cuak
grandchild
afraid; nervous
corat-coret
sketch; scrawl
cucur
cuba
flow; trickle; sprinkle
try; attempt
scratch
coreng
cuit
cubit
scratch or streak
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bercucuran: to flow; to gush
mencucuri: to pour on; to sprinkle on
mencucurkan: to sprinkle
cubaan: an attempt; an experiment
mencuba: to try; to attempt; to test
percubaan: act of trying
corek
pinch
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beckon with finger
mencuit: to touch with the fingertips
menculik: to kidnap
penculik: kidnapper
penculikan: kidnapping
curam
cuka
steep
vinegar
cuma
cuka getah: formic acid
kecuraman: steepness
mencuram: to steepen
only; merely
percuma: free (without any charge)
cukai
curang
tax
insincere; disloyal; dishonest
cumbu
cukai pendapatan: income tax
cukai pintu: assessment
cukai kepala: levy
cukai tanah: quit rent
mencukai: to tax
praise; flatter; caress; kiss
kecurangan: dishonesty
mencurangi: to deceive
cumbuan: smooch; flattery; caress; kiss
bercumbu-cumbuan: smooch
bercumbuan: to flirt
curi
steal
cukup
cungap
enough; exactly
pant
cukup bulan: end of the month
cukup letih: exhausted
cukup umur: having reached the required age
mencukupi: enough; sufficient; adequate
mencukupkan: to supplement; to make sufficient
tercungap: panting
tercungap-cungap: panting
mencuri: to steal
kecurian: stolen; theft
pencuri: thief
curiga
suspicious; questionable
cungkil
pick; dig out; extract
cukur
kecurigaan: suspicion
mencurigai: to suspect; to distrust
mencurigakan: to arouse suspicion
mencungkil: to pick; to dig out; to extract
shave
bercukur: to shave
mencukur: to shave
pencukur: shaver; person who shaves
cupak
cula
cuping
horn of rhinoceros
leave; holiday; vacation
cuti am: public holiday
bercuti: to be on holiday
percutian: vacation; holiday
curah
lazy
cigar; cheroot
cuti
ear-lobe
culas
pour
mencurah: to pour
curahan: downpour; outpour
mencurahi: to pour on
mencurahkan: to pour out
culik
kidnap
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curut
a cubic measure
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D
dabik
dagang
to beat or thump
mendahulukan: to advance or bring forward
pendahuluan: a preface; an advance (of payment, etc.)
terdahulu: earlier
foreign; alien; trade
dagangan: merchandise
berdagang: to trade
memperdagangkan: to commercialise; to trade in something
pedagang: trader; merchant
perdagangan: trade; commerce
dacing
weighing scale or balance
daif
weak; feeble; humble; lowly
kedaifan: weakness; incompetence
dada
daging
chest
meat; flesh
mendada: to walk proudly; to strut
dajal
mischievous
dagu
chin
dadah
drug
dakap
embrace or hug
dahaga
berdakap: to embrace or hug
dakapan: a hug
berdakap-dakapan: embracing one another
mendakap: to embrace or hug
thirsty
dadak
sudden; abrupt
mendahagakan: to cause thirst
dadih
daham
curdle
daki
hum; clear throat
(1)dirt or stain (2)climb
berdaham: to hum; to clear throat especially to attract attention
pendakian: a climb
mendaki: to climb or ascend
pendaki: climber
terdaki: to manage to climb
dadu
dice
dahan
branch (of plant)
daerah
dakwa
district
accusation
kedaerahan: regionalism
dahi
register
dahsyat
dakwaan: summons; accusation; indictment
mendakwa: to accuse; to indict; to charge
pendakwa: prosecutor; complainant
pendakwaan: prosecution; summons
forehead
daftar
horrible; awful; terrible
berdaftar: registered
mendaftar: to register or enrol
mendaftarkan: to register or enrol
pendaftar: registrar
pendaftaran: registration
dakwah
sermon or preaching
dahulu
before; former; of the past; earlier
berdakwah: to preach
pendakwah: preacher
dahulu kala: long ago
mendahului: to be ahead
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damai
dakwat
dangau
peace; tranquility
small temporary hut (in rice-field or orchard)
ink
berdamai: to make peace
kedamaian: peace; tranquility
mendamaikan: to pacify
pendamai: peacemaker; mediator
perdamaian: peace
dakyah
propaganda
dangkal
shallow; unintelligent
kedangkalan: shallowness; superficiality
damak
dalal
dart (for blow-pipe)
fee or commission
dansa
dance
damar
dalam
resin
(1)inside; in (2)deep
dapat
earn; get as reward; gain as interest; can (be able to)
dalamnya: depth; profundity
mendalam: profound; detailed
mendalami: to probe further
mendalamkan: deepen
pedalaman: hinterland; interior
sedalam: as deep as
sedalam-dalamnya: as thoroughly as possible
mendapat: to receive; to obtain
mendapati: to realise; to discover
mendapatkan: to get; to communicate
pendapat: opinion
pendapatan: income
sedapat-dapatnya: if possible; as far as possible
terdapat: found; discovered
dampar
cast ashore; stranded
terdampar: washed ashore; stranded
damping
dalang
intimate (friendship)
mastermind
dapur
berdampingan: adjacent; adjoining; side by side; close to
mendampingi: to stand next to; to flank
mendalangi: to mastermind
kitchen; stove
dara
dalih
dan
equivocation; pretext
maiden; virgin
and
berdalih: to give excuses
berdalih-dalihan: to blame one another
mendalihkan: to feign; to pretend
darab
danau
multiplication
lake
mendarabkan: to multiply
pendarab: multiplier
dalil
proof
dandan
coiffure; hair-style
darah
dandanan: coiffure; make-up; outfit
berdandan: adorned
mendandan: to adorn
dam
draughts (board game)
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blood
darah daging: blood relation
darah muda: youthful
darah panas: hot-headed
darah tinggi: hypertension
berdarah: bloody; bleeding
pendarahan: haemorrhage
sedarah: of the same family line
datang
memperdayakan: to cheat or deceive
berdaya: to have the ability
sedaya: to the extent possible
terdaya: capable of
terperdaya: tricked; deceived
come or arrive
mendatang: to come or appear suddenly
kedatangan: arrival
mendatangi: to pay a visit; to attack; to invade
mendatangkan: to bring about
pendatang: immigrant
darat
land
daratan: mainland
mendarat: to land
mendaratkan: to bring something to land
pendaratan: landing
dayang
court maiden
datar
flat; even
dayu
dataran: plain; area of flat land
mendatar: horizontal; level or flat
dari
rumble; moan
from (place or time)
mendayu: to rumble; to moan
datin
a title of distinction for woman
daripada
dayung
from (person)
oar
berdayung: rowing (boat)
mendayung: to row
pendayung: oarsman
datuk
(1)grandfather (2)title of distinction for man and woman
darjah
degree; standard; class
daulat
dayus
majesty; kingly power
darjat
status; rank
man whose wife has committed adultery
berdaulat: sovereign; supreme
kedaulatan: sovereignty
berdarjat: of high rank or status
sedarjat: of equal status
debar
palpitation or throbbing
daun
debaran: throbbing or palpitation
berdebar: to throb or palpitate
mendebarkan: to cause to palpitate
leaf
darurat
emergency
berdaun: having leaves
debu
das
dawai
gun or rifle shot
dust; dirt
wire
berdebu: dusty
mendawaikan: to connect wires in
pendawaian: wiring
dasar
base; policy; underlying principle
debunga
pollen
berdasarkan: based upon
daya
power; capacity; ability
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mendebungakan: to pollinate
pendebungaan: pollination
delima
dengar
(1) ruby (2) pomegranate
hear or listen
mendengar: to hear or listen
kedengaran: audible
mendengarkan: to listen to; to overhear
memperdengarkan: to let someone hear
pendengar: listener
pendengaran: sense of hearing
debus
whistling or rustling sound
demam
fever
dedah
divulge; expose; reveal
demi
mendedahkan: to introduce; to expose; to reveal
pendedahan: revelation; exposure
terdedah: exposed
dedak
(1) for (2) when (3) one by one (4) by (for oath or vow)
dengki
jealousy; envy
berdemi: to swear by the name of God
berdengki-dengkian: jealous; envious
mendengki: to envy; to spite
kedengkian: jealousy; envy
demikian
bran
thus; hence; therefore
dengking
degil
squeal; yelp (of a dog)
denai
stubborn; obstinate
spoor; track or scent left by an animal
berdengking: to yelp; to squeal
mendengking: to yelp; to squeal
kedegilan: stubbornness
denda
fine (imposed for offence)
dekah
dengkur
snore
guffaw; loud laughter
berdengkur: to snore
dendam
revenge; grudge; spite
dekan
dean
berdendam: having a grudge
mendendami: to have a grudge against
pendendam: the person who has a grudge
dengung
buzzing sound
berdengung: to buzz
dekat
near
dendang
berdekatan: nearby
kedekatan: proximity
mendekati: to come close to
berdekat: to be nearby
terdekat: nearest
singing happily and for fun
dengus
a snort
berdendang: to sing gaily
dendangan: singing
mendendangkan: to sing for someone
dengut
emit a long murmur
delapan
dengan
eight
with
denting
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a tinkling sound
berderam-deram: to rumble
menderam: to growl
menderita: to suffer
penderitaan: suffering
dentum
an explosive sound
derap
dentuman: a loud bang
berdentum: to make a loud bang
derma
(1)footstep (2)pattering sound
donation
rapid; quick; swift
dermawan: philanthropist
menderma: to donate
mendermakan: to donate something
penderma: donor
deras
denyut
beat (heart) or throb
denyutan: a beat (heart); a throb; pulsation
berdenyut: to pulsate; to throb; to beat (heart)
depa
fathom; length measured by outstretched arms
dermaga
derau
wharf or dock
sound of wind in the rain
deru
deret
mendepakan: to stretch the arms out sideways
depan
row or line
roar
deretan: rows (of houses)
berderet: in rows
berderet-deret: lined up in rows
berderetan: lined up in rows
sederet: in a single row or line
menderu: to roar
deruan: a roar
front
desa
countryside
di depan: in front
ke depan: to the front
berdepan: face to face
mengedepankan: to bring forward; to propose
terdepan: foremost
terkedepan: first in line
derhaka
disloyal; treacherous
desak
menderhaka: to betray
penderhaka: traitor
penderhakaan: betrayal; treachery
insist or urge; jostle; press
desakan: pressure; compelling force
mendesak: to push; to urge
terdesak: desperate
dera
punish
deria
sense (e.g. sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch)
deraan: punishment
mendera: to punish; to abuse
desas-desus
heresay; rumour
dering
a chime or burr
derai
desing
crumble
berdering: to ring (of phone); to chirp
deram
derita
a growl
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desir
suffering or distress
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whistle of the wind
rustle of leaves; hissing or sizzling sound
desiran: rustle; hiss
di
dif
at
guess
destar
turban
dia
dikau
he or she; him or her; it; his
you
desur
babbling sound
diam
detak
throbbing or thumping
detik
second or moment; tick
berdetik: ticking
terdetik: ticking
dikit
(1)silent or quiet (2)inhabit or live
a few; a little
diam ubi: quiet but diligent person
diam-diam: secretly; quietly
kediaman: residence
mendiami: to reside or inhabit
mendiamkan: to silence
mendiamkan diri: to become silent
pendiam: quiet person
terdiam: become speechless or silent
berdikit-dikit: bit by bit
dinding
wall
pendinding: a screen or partition
berdindingkan: walled
mendindingi: to enclose within a wall
dian
candle
dingin
cold
dewa
male deity or god
diang
kedinginan: coldness
bask
mendewa-dewakan: to show excessive devotion
berdiang: to bask
dewan
dinihari
hall; council
didih
before dawn
boil
Dewan Negara: Senate
Dewan Rakyat: House of Representatives (Lower House of
Parliament)
mendidih: to boil
diraja
royal
didik
dewasa
adult
educate or train; bring up (children); breed
kedewasaan: adulthood
didikan: educational training; upbringing
berpendidikan: educated
mendidik: to educate; to train; to teach; to nurture
pendidik: teacher; educator
pendidikan: education
terdidik: educated; well brought up
dewi
female deity or goddess
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diri
(1) oneself (2) stand
berdiri: to stand
mendirikan: to build; to erect
pendirian: standpoint
terdiri: to consist of
Disember
December
duduk-duduk: sit around
duduknya: situation
berpenduduk: populated
bersekedudukan: to live together
kedudukan: situation; position
menduduki: to occupy for residence
mendudukkan: to place; to seat
terduduk: to flop down
penduduk: inhabitant
mendongak: to tilt the head upwards
mendongakkan: to tilt the head upwards
doa
dongeng
prayer
fable; myth
berdoa: to beg; to pray
mendoa: to beg; to pray
mendoakan: to pray for
dongengan: fable; myth
duga
guess
dorong
impel; urge into being interested; motivate
menduga: to guess
dugaan: anticipation; conjecture; trials
dobi
laundry or dhobi
mendorong: to impel; to urge; to motivate
dorongan: urging; motivation; encouragement
pendorong: one who impels
terdorong: motivated
duit
dodoi
money
lullaby
mendodoikan: to sing to sleep
dosa
sin
duka
berdosa: to be sinful
sadness; grief; sorrow
dodol
duka lara: sorrowful
kedukaan: sorrow
a sweet Malay delicacy
dua
two
dogol
dua sejoli: lovebirds
berdua: both
berdua-dua: two by two
berdua-duaan: the only pair
kedua: second
menduakan: to make two of
bald
kedogolan: baldness
mendogolkan: to make bald
dompet
dukacita
feeling sorry; sad
berdukacita: to grieve
mendukacitakan: to aggrieve
dukun
purse; wallet
dubur
medicine man
anus
dondang
dukung
swinging-cot
duda
carry astride the back or waist
widower
dondang-sayang: a traditional Malay song sung alternately by
two persons
mendukung: to carry astride the back or waist
berdukung: to be seated astride the back or waist
pendukung: one who carries something or someone astride the
back or waist
duduk
(1)to sit (2)to stay or reside
dongak
tilt the head upwards
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envoy; ambassador
dulang
tray
kedutaan: embassy
eja
mendulang: to pan for ores
spell
duyun
mengeja: to spell
ejaan: spelling
in a swarm or crowd
duli
your majesty; dust
berduyun-duyun: in a swarm or crowd
ejek
jeer; mock
dungu
duyung
stupid
mermaid
mengejek: to mock; to jeer
ejekan: mockery
kedunguan: stupidity
dwi
dual
eka
dunia
one; sole
world
dwibahasa: bilingual
dwibulanan: bimonthly
dwimata: binocular
dwipihak: bipartite
dwitahunan: biennial
duniawi: worldly
keduniaan: worldliness
sedunia: the whole world
ekanada
monotone
duri
ekar
thorn
E
acre
berduri: thorny
edar
circulate; distribute
ekasuku
monosyllable
durjana
beredar: to circulate; to distribute
mengedar: to circulate; to distribute
edaran: cycle; circulation; rotation
mengedari: to revolve around
mengedarkan: to distribute; to ciculate
pengedar: distributor
pengedaran: distribution
peredaran: circulation; rotation; revolution; orbit
evil; wicked
dusta
a lie; untrue statement
ekor
tail; numeral coefficient for animals
ekoran: consequence; result
berekor: having a tail
mengekor: hang like a tail
mengekori: to tail; to follow closely
berdusta: to lie
mendustai: to lie to
eh
exclamation of enquiry
dusun
ela
orchard
yard (measure of length)
ehwal
matters; affairs
duta
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elak
dodge; evade; avoid
centrifugal; off course
mengelak: to dodge; to avoid; to evade
mengelakkan: to evade; to dodge; to avoid
emparan: centrifuge
Encik
Mr.
empat
elok
endah
four
heed; pay attention to
berempat: group of four
keempat: fourth
mengendahkan: to heed
beautiful; good
mengelokkan: to beautify
memperelokkan: to beautify
seelok-eloknya: the best or most appropriate way
endap
emper
ambush
penthouse
emak
mengendap: to wait in ambush
mother
emping
flake (e.g. of snow); sweetmeat made from unripe rice fried and
pounded flat
emas
endul
cradle
gold
keemasan: golden
empuk
enggan
soft; tender
unwilling; reluctant
embek
keengganan: unwillingness; reluctance
cry of a sheep, goat or calf
empulur
mengembek: to bleat
pith (of stem or fruit)
enggang
hornbill
embun
enak
dew
delicious
engkau
berembun: wet with dew
you; your
enam
six
embut
engkol
raise a fishing-line slowly
crank of a machine
enapan
sediment
empang
engsel
dam
hinge
empangan: dam
enau
kind of palm
engsot
move slightly and slowly
empar
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persefahaman: mutual understanding
sefahaman: sharing the same view
enjal
Eropah
cram or stuff
Europe; of European origin
faharasat
mengenjal: to cram or stuff (as of food into the mouth)
index to a book
erti
meaning
entah
fajar
don't know
bererti: having a meaning
dimengerti: understood
mengerti: to understand
pengertian: understanding
seerti: synonym
entah-entah: maybe
dawn
fakir
religious beggar
enteng
light; easy
esa
keentengan: ease; lightness
sole; only one
falak
universe; astronomy
epal
esak
apple
sob
falsafah
philosophy
epipusat
esok
epicentre
tomorrow
fana
ephemeral; short-lived
keesokan: the next day
eram
brood; sit on eggs to hatch them; incubate
faraj
vagina
mengerami: to sit on eggs to hatch them
pengeraman: incubation
F
fardu
faedah
duty; obligation
benefit; interest (on money)
erang
a groan or moan
berfaedah: beneficial; useful
mengerang: to groan or moan
erangan: a moan or groan
fasal
(1)clause in a treaty, law or contract (2)about
faham
understand
erat
fahaman: understanding; comprehension; doctrine
berfahaman: school of thought
kefahaman: understanding
memahami: to understand
pemahaman: understanding
tight; firm
mengeratkan: to tighten; to strengthen
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fasih
fluent; eloquent
kefasihan: fluency
menggadaikan nyawa: to sacrifice one's life
tergadai: mortgaged; pawned
Februari
fitnah
February
libel; slander; defamation
gadang
memfitnah: to slander; to libel
memfitnahkan: to slander; to libel
(1)colossal; immense (2)large round tray used for winnowing
fikah
law based on Muslim theology
gading
foya
ivory; tusk
revel; enjoy oneself
fikir
berfoya-foya: to relax; to enjoy oneself
think
gadis
fikiran: opinion; thought
berfikir: to think
berfikiran: having the ability to think and to form opinions
memikirkan: to think over; to ponder
pemikiran: thinking
terfikir: remembered
sefikiran: having the same opinion
girl; virgin
furak
kegadisan: virginity; purity
difference; dissimilarity
G
gado-gado
(1) a Malay dish made from vegetables (2) mixed up; disorderly
gabung
Filipina
join together; unite; combine
of the Philippines
gaduh
(1) quarrel (2) noise; uproar
gabungan: affiliation; combination; merger
bergabung: to affiliate; united
menggabungkan: to affiliate; to combine
bergaduh: to quarrel
pergaduhan: a quarrel
firasah
hunch; intuitive feeling; premonition
gabus
cork
gagah
firasat
gallant; brave; strong; mighty
clairvoyance
kegagahan: strength; might; bravery
menggagahi: to force; to compel; to conquer
gada
club used for fighting
Firaun
Pharaoh
gagak
crow
gada-gada
pennant
firdaus
paradise; heaven
gagal
failed; unsuccessful
gadai
pawn; mortgage
firman
divine decree
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gadaian: a pledge
bergadai: to mortgage; to pawn
menggadaikan: to mortgage; to pawn
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kegagalan: failure
menggagalkan: to fail (another person)
gagang
galur
handle; cradle (of telephone); stem
furrow; groove
gajus
manggalurkan: to explain
cashew nut
gagap
stammer; stutter
gamak
gak
tergagap: stammering
estimate
caw (e.g. of a rook)
menggamak: to estimate
tergamak: willing; able
gagas
gala
to have an idea
a type of resin
gagasan: idea; plan
gamam
nervous; stunned
galah
tergamam: nervous; stunned
pole
gagau
grope
bergalah: using a pole
sepenggalah: a pole's length
menggagau: to grope
gamang
suffering from acrophobia (fear of heights)
galak
gahara
encourage
of royal descent
gamat
noisy; unruly; chaotic
galakan: encouragement
menggalakkan: to encourage
penggalak: one who encourages
gaharu
sandalwood
gambang
xylophone
galang
obstruct
gait
hook; connection
gambar
picture; photograph; drawing; illustration
gaitan: hook; connection
penggait: hook; connection
galas
gambar rajah: diagram
gambaran: impression
bergambar: illustrated; to be photographed
menggambarkan: to illustrate; to depict; to imagine
tergambar: depicted; reflected
carry on the back
menggalas: to carry on a pole over the shoulder; to vend
gajah
elephant
gali
dig
gaji
salary; wages
bergaji: salaried
menggaji: to employ
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gambus
an Arab musical instrument with six strings
menggali: to dig
galian: mineral
penggalian: act of digging; excavation
gambut
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peat; soft and loose (of soil)
ganjak
move or budge slightly
gandin
gamelan
berganjak: to move or budge slightly
menganjak: to shift
mallet
Javanese orchestra
ganding
gamit
alongside; close beside
ganjal
berganding: alongside
bergandingan: alongside
gandingan: coupling
menggandingkan: to place beside
ganjar
base; stand; wedge
beckon
menggamit: to beckon
reward; gratuity
gampang
ganjaran: reward; gratuity
mengganjarkan: to reward
easy
gandum
wheat
ganas
ganjil
ferocious; fierce; savage; violent
odd; queer; strange
gandung
keganasan: savagery; ferocity; violence
mengganas: to terrorise; to rampage
pengganas: terrorist
bamboo or wooden outrigger on the sides of a Malay boat
menggandung: to load things onto a boat using bamboo or
wooden outriggers
gantang
a cubic measure
gancu
long hooked stick
ganggang
dry over a fire
ganti
substitute
berganti: in substitution for
berganti-ganti: taking turns
mengganti: to replace; to compensate
menggantikan: to replace; to substitute
pengganti: replacement
gantirugi: indemnity; compensation
ganda
double
ganggu
to bother; to trouble; to disturb; to disrupt
berganda: doubled
berganda-ganda: many times more
menggandakan: to double
gandaan: multiple of a number
mengganggu: to bother; to trouble; to disturb; to disrupt
gangguan: disturbance; disruption; inconvenience; interference
mengganggu-gugat: to bother; to disturb
terganggu: disturbed; mentally or emotionally unstable
gantung
hang or suspend
gandar
axle
gangsa
bronze
menggandar: to carry
ganja
gandik
cannabis; hemp
bergantung: to depend on
bergantungan: hanging in great numbers
menggantung: to hang; to suspend
menggantungkan: to hang up
pergantungan: dependence; support
tergantung: hanging
(1) gold ornament on bride's forehead (2) decoration on hilt of
kris
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crisp
ganyar
gasar
tough (not tender)
fierce and rough
garis
line
ganyang
gasing
chew up; devour; destroy
menggaris: to draw a line
menggariskan: to draw a line
penggaris: ruler
garisan: line
mengganyang: to chew up; to devour; to destroy
a top
gatal
(1) itchy (2) lewd (of person)
gapah
hurriedly; hastily
garit
gatal-gatal: itching all over
line; scratch
menggarit: to scratch; to move; to stir
gapai
gaul
stretch out the hand
mix (in society); associate
menggapai: to reach for; to clutch at
garpu
bergaul: to be together in a friendly way
menggaul: to mix; to blend
menggauli: to associate with; to mingle with
pergaulan: mingling (in society); association (with other people)
fork
gapura
arch
garu
(1)a rake (2)scratch
gaung
menggaru: to scratch
tergaru-garu: scratching repeatedly
garam
(1) deep ravine (2) echo
bergaung: to echo
salt
menggarami: to add salt
garuk
hoarse, deep or husky (of voice)
gawal
confused; mistaken
garang
fierce
gasak
menggarang: to rage
(1) strike (2) eat gluttonously
gawang
waving with both arms
menggasak: to strike; to eat gluttonously
garau
hoarse (of voice)
gaya
gasal
style; manner
odd
gaya hidup: lifestyle
bergaya: having style; stylish
menggayakan: to show; to parade
gari
handcuffs
gasang
lecherous person
garing
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gayat
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feeling dizzy looking down from a high place
big and loose
gejala
gayung
gedung
water dipper
symptom or sign
storehouse; office; large building
gejolak
gayut
gegabah
hang
big flame
wildly impulsive (person)
bergejolak: to flare up
bergayut: to hang
bergayutan: to hang in large numbers
menggayutkan: to hang
gegak
noisy
gelabir
dewlap; wattle
gegak-gempita: noisy; clamorous
gebar
blanket
geladak
gegancu
(1) deck of ship (2) stray dog (3) crook; criminal
sprocket
gebu
soft; delicate in texture; fluffy
gelagat
gegap
indication; habits
noisy
gecar
(1) saliva (2) watery
gelak
gegar
laugh
jarring; jolting; shaking
gedabir
dewlap
gelak ketawa: laughter
tergelak: laugh unintentionally
gegaran: jarring movement
bergegar: to shake; to rumble
menggegarkan: to shake
gedang
gelambir
huge; massive
dewlap
gegas
hurry
bergegas-gegas: to hurry
gedempol
fat
bangle
gelang-gelang: ring-shaped objects
pergelangan tangan: wrist
gegat
worm that lives in books
gedempong
very fat
gelanggang
arena; court
gegua
cavern
gedoboh
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gelang
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menggeledah: to search; to ransack
gelangsar
slide; glide; slip
geledak
phlegm
geleman
cur
scared; afraid
gelap
dark; secret
geledang
stretch out both arms
gelap hati: sinister
gelap pekat: dark
gelap-gelita: pitch dark
kegelapan: darkness; caught in the dark
menggelapkan: to embezzle
gelembung
bubble
gelembung-gelembungan: bubbles
geleding
warp
gelempang
sprawling
gelar
bergelempang: sprawling
gelegak
nickname
boil; seethe
gelaran: alias; title
bergelar: titled
menggelegak: to boil; to seethe
gelendong
spindle
gelegar
gelatuk
girder
tremble
geleng
shake the head
menggeleng: to shake
menggelengkan: to shake
gelegata
gelebar
a skin condition; urticaria
flapping
gelek
gelebat
(1) a kind of dance (2) roll over
double blade paddle
gelentang
roll over and over
menggelek: to roll over
gelepai
gelecah
dangling
slip
gelekak
peel off
gelepar
gelecek
flounder; flutter
slip; lose one's balance
gelekek
menggelepar: to flounder; to flutter
chuckle
geledah
search; ransack
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gelema
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gelepik
dangling; hanging down limply
menggeliat: to stretch oneself
tergeliat: sprained
gelintir
pellet; pill
gelepur
segelintir: a small part; a small group
leaping up flapping its wings
geliga
(1) sharp-witted; ingenious (2) bezoar
gelisah
gelesek
bergeliga: sharp-witted; ingenious
rub
nervous; restless; anxious; jumpy
kegelisahan: restlessness; anxiety
menggelisah: to worry; to be anxious
gelimpang
sprawl
geleser
flap the wings; start turning (of wheels)
bergelimpangan: to sprawl
tergelimpang: sprawled
gelobor
too long or baggy (for clothes)
geletar
tremble; shiver
menggeletar: to tremble; to shiver
gelimun
tickle; incite
gelincat
gelodak
covered (with blanket)
geletek
arouse
gelodar
sprained; rebound
struggle
menggeletek: to tickle
gelincir
gelojak
derail; slip; skid
geletuk
making a sound like the teeth chattering
big flame
menggelincir: to slip; to skid
tergelincir: slipped; skidded
gelojoh
greedy
geli
amused; ticklish
gelincuh
stumble
geli-geman: tickled
geli hati: amused; tickled
kegelian: amusement
menggelikan: to amuse; to tickle
penggeli: one who is ticklish
gelombang
wave
gelinjang
bergelombang: in waves
jump about
menggelinjang: to jump about
geliang-geliut
wriggling
gelongsor
slide
gelintar
menggelongsor: to slide
search all over
geliat
stretch oneself
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gelora
menggelupas: to peel
kegemaran: hobby; favourite
menggemari: to like very much
penggemar: lover; fan; devotee; interested person
storm; great wave
bergelora: to rise or move like waves; stormy
menggelorakan: to inflame; to arouse emotionally
gelupur
flutter
menggelupur: to flutter
gemawan
fleeting of clouds
gelosok
rub
menggelosok: to rub
gelut
gelugut
gembala
struggle; wrestle
shepherd
bergelut: to struggle to get free
pergelutan: struggle; scuffle
penggembala: herdsman
shiver; chatter (of teeth)
gembereng
cymbal
gema
geluh
echo
loam; rich soil
bergema: to resound
menggema: to resound
gembira
happy; pleased; cheerful
gelulur
slide down
bergembira: to rejoice
menggembirakan: to cheer someone up
gemal
a handful; a bunch
gelumang
dirty
gembar-gembur
mere talk; bragging; pandemonium
gemala
bergelumang: dirty
bezoar stone
menggembar-gemburkan: to create an uproar
geluncur
gemalai
slip or slide down
swaying
gembleng
unite
menggeluncur: to slip or slide down
menggembleng tenaga: to unite
penggemblengan: unification
gemam
to hold (sweet) in mouth
gelung
bight; loop of rope; coil; knot of hair
gembung
bergelung: coiled up
menggelungkan: to coil
swollen
gemap
shocked
gembur
gelupas
peel
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loose
gemar
have a liking; desire
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menggemburkan: to loosen
menggendalakan: to disrupt; to interrupt
tergendala: disrupted; interrupted
gementar
gempur
tremble
attack in a blitz
menggempur: to attack; to storm
penggempur: destroyer; assault troops
penggempuran: an attack; an assault
gemercik
gendak
mistress
splattering sound
gendang
gemuk
drum
fat
gemerencang
loud clash (e.g. of cymbals)
menggemukkan: to fatten up
genderang
big drum
gemerlap
iridescent; shining; glittering; shimmering
gemuruh
thunder
bergemerlapan: to glitter
gemerlapan: shining; glittering
bergemuruh: to thunder; thunderous
genggam
grasp in the fist
genggaman: a grasp
menggenggam: to grasp in the fist
menggenggam erat: to grasp firmly
segenggam: a fistful; a handful
genahar
gemilang
crater
glorious; magnificient; brilliant
kegemilangan: splendour; magnificance; glory
genang
suffuse
gempa
genggang
apart
bergenang: stagnant; filled with tears
tremor; earthquake
genit
cute and petite
genap
gempal
complete; even
sturdy; chubby; plump
menggenapkan: to round up a figure
segenap: all
genjang
(1 )parallelogram (2) askew; awry
gempar
pandemonium; uproar
gencat
menggemparkan: to shock
tergempar: urgent
cease; stop; discontinue
genjot
askew; awry
gencatan senjata: ceasefire
gempita
genjur
noisy
stiff
gendala
obstacle; disruption
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genta
bergerak: to move
menggerakkan: to cause to move
penggerak: motivator
tergerak: shifted; moved suddenly
gepuh
large bell
padlock
geram
gentar
angry
gera
(1) vibration (2) afraid
alarm; scare; frighten
menggentar: to quiver
menggentarkan: to cause to vibrate
menggera: to scare; to frighten; to alarm; to give a warning
signal
penggera: one who causes a fright; an alarm
penggera kebakaran: fire alarm
menggeram: to growl
gerangan
perhaps
gentas
(1) severed (2) end or finish
gerabak
railway coach
gerantang
din of voices; outburst of noise
hook for catching crocodiles
gerat
gentat
dented
geragai
causing teeth to chatter
gentel
pellet
geragas
menggentel: to roll in the fingertips
comb one's hair in anger
gerbang
gateway
gentian
geragau
fibre
a small shrimp
gerecak
sound like water boiling
genting
geraham
(1) crucial; decisive (2) pass or gap in mountains (3) roof tile
molar
gereja
church
genting bukit: mountain pass
kegentingan: crucial
gerai
stall
gerek
perforated
genyeh
rub
gerak
menggenyeh: to rub
move
gerak hati: intuition
gerak laku: behaviour
gerak-geri: movements
gerakan: action; movement
gepok
bundle
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gerenyam
lustful
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gergaji
saw
gerombong
group or party
menggergaji: to saw
gerinjam
(1) grindstone for teeth (2) ear scoop
geronggang
hollow
gergasi
giant
gerlap
sparkle
menggerlap: to sparkle; to glitter
geronyot
gerhana
throbbing
eclipse
gerlip
twinkle
gersang
geriak
dry; uninteresting; dull
swarm
menggerlip: to twinkle; to flicker
gertak
gericau
germut
screeching sound
threat
swarm
gertakan: intimidation; threat
menggertak: to threaten
geridip
gerenyut
glitter; sparkle
squirm; throb
gerudi
a drill
gerigi
menggerudi: to drill
penggerudian: act of drilling
gerobak
serrated
coach or cart
gerigis
gerugut
gerobok
unevenly serrated
grooved
cupboard
gerimis
geruh
gerodak
drizzle
misfortune
rattling sound
gerimit
geromboi
group together
a drill
geruk
to wrap
bergeromboi: to group together
geromboian: group or gang
gerun
gering
frightened; terrified
sick (for king)
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menggerunkan: to terrify; terrifying
grit
bergiat: working eagerly
kegiatan: activity
menggiatkan: to activate; to inspire; to encourage
mempergiatkan: to activate; to inspire; to encourage
menggetap: to grit
gerutu
rough to the touch
getar
menggerutu: rough to the touch
tremble; vibrate
gigi
tooth
getaran: vibration
bergetar: to tremble; quivering
menggetarkan: to cause to vibrate
gesa
gigi air: edge of water meeting land
gigi kacip: incisor
gigi rongak: gap between teeth
bergigi: toothed
hurry
tergesa-gesa: hurried
gesaan: urge
menggesa: to hasten; to urge
getas
brittle; sensitive
gigih
determined; obstinate
gesek
kegigihan: determination
getil
grate or scrape
pinch
bergesek: to grate; to scrape
gesekan: a fiddle
menggesek: to play the violin
menggetil: to pinch
gigil
tremble or shiver
menggigil: to tremble; to shiver
getir
bitter
gesel
rub
gigit
bergesel: to rub each other
geselan: a rub
menggeselkan: to rub
tergesel: rubbed against
bite
ghaib
disappear; vanish; mysterious
gigitan: act of biting; a bite
menggigit: to bite
tergigit: bitten accidentally
mengghaibkan: to cause to vanish
geser
ghairah
rub; shift
strong desire or passion
bergeser: to rub; to shift
geseran: friction
keghairahan: strong passion, desire or enthusiasm
mengghairahkan: to arouse passion or desire
getah
ghalib
rubber
usual
bergetah: sticky; having latex
gila
mad; insane
gila angau: infatuated
gila bayang: crazy about someone
gila pangkat: crazy for power
kegilaan: craziness; craze
menggila: act like a mad person; infatuated with or crazy over
someone
tergila-gila: mad; crazy
tergila-gilakan: driven crazy by someone or something
giat
energetic; active
getap
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gilang-gemilang
bright; glittering
bergolak: to boil; disturbed or confused
pergolakan: disturbance; agitation; turbulence
gilap
giring
shine brilliantly
to herd
golek
menggilap: to polish
roll
bergolek: to roll
glur
voluptuous
gilas
crush; run over
golok
machete
gobek
tool for crushing betel leaf, areca nut, etc
giling
grind; roll
mengobek: to grind or pound areca nut
golong
menggiling: to grind; to roll
classify
menggolongkan: to classify
golongan: group
tergolong: relevant
gocoh
haste; hurry
gilir
take turns
tergocoh-gocoh: hastily; hurriedly
bergilir: to take turns
giliran: a turn
bergilir-gilir: to take turns
gomol
wrestle
goda
temptation
bergomol: to wrestle
menggomol: to hug or embrace tightly
godaan: temptation; lure; enticement
menggoda: to tempt; to lure; enticing
penggoda: seducer
tergoda: seduced; enticed
gilis
run over by a train
goncang
shake
gincu
lipstick
bergoncang: to shake
menggoncangkan: to shake something
godam
large mace
bergincu: wearing lipstick
menggincu: to apply lipstick
gondok
godok
(1)short and fat (2)goitre
base of skull
ginjal
kidney
gondol
gogok
a gulp
girang
bergondol: bald; leafless
menggondol: to carry off; to win; to gain
glad; cheerful
kegirangan: happiness; joy
menggirangkan: to cheer up someone
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(1)bald; leafless (2)carry off; win
golak
disturbed or confused
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gonggong
carry in the mouth
cooperation
bergotong-royong: to cooperate
menggonggong: to carry in the mouth
gubuk
hut
goyah
gonyeh
loose (not firm)
munch
gudang
godown; warehouse
goyang
gonyoh
unsteady; shaky
scrub
bergoyang: to shake; to sway
menggoyangkan: to rock or jerk lightly
menggonyoh: to scrub
gugat
accuse; claim; criticise
menggugat: to accuse; to claim; to criticise
tergugat: threatened; jeopardised; to be at stake
gopoh-gapah
hastily
gua
cave
gugup
tergopoh-gapah: in a hurry
panicky
guam
kegugupan: state of panic
disagree; dispute
goreng
fry; fried
gugur
menggoreng: to fry
guam
drop; miscarry; abort
disagree; conflict; dispute
berguguran: dropping in large numbers
keguguran: miscarriage; abortion
menggugurkan: to abort; to drop
guaman: disagreement; conflict; quarrel
perguaman: disagreement; conflict; quarrel
peguam: lawyer
Peguam Negara: Attorney-General
gores
scratch
goresan: scratches
bergores: scratched
menggores: to scratch
menggoreskan: to scratch something
tergores: scratched
gugus
bundle or bunch
gubah
arrange; compose
segugus: a bundle or bunch of
gugusan: group
menggubah: to arrange; to compose
gubahan: (1) composition (2) garland
penggubah: composer
gosok
brush; rub; polish
gula
gosokan: something that has been ironed
menggosok: to brush; to rub; to polish
menggosokkan: to rub something
penggosok: a cleaner; an iron; a brush
sugar
gubal
gula-gula: sweets
draft (legislation)
menggubal: to draft (legislation)
penggubal: legislator
penggubalan: act of drafting; legislation
gotong-royong
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gulai
curry
gundik
thunder
concubine
guruh-gemuruh: thunderous
guli
marble
guni
jute bag or sack
gurun
desert
guling
roll
gunting
berguling: to roll
bergulingan: rolling over and over
menggulingkan: to roll something; to topple; to overthrow
terguling: overthrown; toppled
gulung
scissors; shears
gus
simultaneously
menggunting: to cut with scissors or shears
mengguntingkan: to cut something
guntur
roll
sekaligus: simultaneously
gusar
thunder
gulungan: a roll
bergulung: rolled up; rolling; winding
menggulung: to roll
menggulung perbahasan: to conclude the debate
menggulung ucapan: to conclude the speech
angry; worried
menggusarkan: to anger; to cause worry
gunung
mountain
gusi
gunung berapi: volcano
gunung-ganang: mountains
menggunung: to soar like a mountain
pergunungan: highlands; mountainous
gumpal
clod; lump
gum (dental)
gusti
gumpalan: a clod; a lump of; conglomeration
bergumpal: lumpy
bergumpal-gumpal: in clods or lumps; in clots
wrestle
gurau
bergusti: to wrestle
joke
gurauan: the butt of a joke
bergurau: to joke
guna
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use; purpose
guna tenaga: employment
guna-guna: charms
berguna: useful
kegunaan: use; function
menggunakan: to use; to consume
pengguna: consumer; user
gurindam
a proverbial verse
guru
teacher
berguru: having a teacher
perguruan: institute; education
gundah
depressed
guruh
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haba
heat
habis
finished; completed; done
berhabis: to squander
berhabis-habisan: to the best of one's ability and effort
kehabisan: exhausted; depleted
penghabisan: conclusion; last
sehabis: immediately after
ritual impurity
berhajatkan: to wish for
menghajati: to wish for
hablur
crystal
hadiah
present; gift; prize
berhablur: to become crystallised
menghablur: to crystallise
terhablur: in a crystallised state
haji
a Muslim man who has fulfilled the pilgrimage to Mecca
menghadiahkan: to present a gift
hak
hadir
habuan
right; entitlement
to be present
share (e.g. of prize)
hak cipta: copyright
hak milik: proprietary rights
berhak: having the right; to be entitled
kehadiran: attendance; presence
menghadiri: to attend
menghadirkan diri: to be present
hadirin: those present
habuk
dust
hakikat
berhabuk: dusty
truth; reality
hafaz
memorise
menghafaz: to memorise
had
hakiki
limit
true; real
berhad: limited
mengehadkan: to limit
terhad: limited
haid
menstruation
hakim
judge
hadam
kehakiman: judicial
menghakimi: to judge
menghakimkan: to judge
penghakiman: judgement
hairan
digest
astonished; amazed; surprised
menghadamkan: to digest
penghadaman: digestion
kehairanan: amazement; astonishment
menghairankan: to astonish; to amaze
hakis
erode
hadap
haiwan
front; direction
animal
berhadap-hadapan: face-to-face
hadapan: forward part; in front
berhadapan: to face
menghadap: to have an audience with the king
menghadapi: to face; to meet
menghadapkan: to cause to meet or face
terhadap: about; toward
menghakis: to erode
hakisan: erosion
hajah
a Muslim woman who has fulfilled the pilgrimage to Mecca
hal
matter; situation
hal-ehwal: affairs
menghalkan: to talk about
hajat
purpose; intention; desire
hadas
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berhajat: to have the intention
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hala
direction
menghambat: to pursue or chase
menghala: in the direction of
menghalakan: to aim at
halkum
larynx; Adam's apple
hambur
scattered
halaju
berhamburan: scattered
menghamburi: to fill up
menghamburkan: to scatter
haloba
velocity
greed; greedy
halal
haluan
rightful; permissible; legitimate
(1) bow of boat (2) direction; course
menghalalkan: permit; allow
hambus
go away
berhaluan: to follow a course
sehaluan: following the same course
berhambus: to go away
halaman
(1) compound (2) page
hamil
halus
halang
block; obstruct; hinder
menghalang: to block; to obstruct; to hinder
halangan: obstacle
penghalang: obstacle; hindrance
fine; soft; gentle; refined
pregnant
halus-halus: finely
menghalusi: to find out in detail; to treat gently
memperhalusi: to find out in detail; to treat gently
kehamilan: pregnancy
hamis
stink
halwa
fruits preserved in syrup
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devoid; lacking; disappointed; frustrated
halau
hama
chase or drive away
hampa beras: husk
hampa hati: frustrated; disappointed
kehampaan: disappointment; frustration
menghampakan: to frustrate; to disappoint
germ
menghalau: to chase or drive away
hamba
slave
halia
ginger
memperhamba: to enslave; to treat as a slave
perhambaan: enslavement
hampagas
vacuum
halilintar
thunder
hampar
hambar
tasteless; insipid
halimunan
invisible
hambat
pursue or chase
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spread out (a carpet)
menghampar: to spread out (a carpet)
hamparan: carpet; mat
menghampari: to cover
menghamparkan: to spread out (like a carpet)
hanya
kehandalan: cleverness
only
hanya satu: except one; only one
hampas
dregs
hangat
hampas kelapa: coconut dregs; coconut husk
hot
hanyir
stinking; fishy
hampir
hangit
near; close; almost
having a burning smell
hanyut
hampir-hampir: nearly; almost
berhampiran: to be near; near by
menghampiri: to approach
menghampirkan: to bring close to
drift; wander; carried away by a current
berhanyut-hanyut: to drift
menghanyutkan: to cause to drift away
hangus
burnt; scorched
hamput
hanyutan
hantam
scold
drifting movement
(1) hit or punch (2) finish all at once
menghamput: to scold
menghantam: to beat violently
hapak
musty; stale-smelling
hamun
hantar
chide; scold; abuse
send; pass (a ball)
menghamun: to scold; to berate
hantaran: dowry; something that is sent
menghantarkan: to send off; to bring; to escort
penghantar: sender; deliverer
penghantaran: delivery
hapus
vanish; disappear
menghapuskan: to wipe out; to abolish; to eradicate
penghapusan: abolition; eradication
terhapus: eradicated; abolished
hancing
stinking; foul-smelling
hantu
ghost; phantom; spectre
hancur
harafiah
destroy; dissolve; shatter
berhantu: haunted
menghantui: to haunt
hancur luluh: destroy (of marriage, friendship); devastated
kehancuran: destruction; ruin
menghancurkan: to destroy; to shatter
literal
haram
hantuk
unlawful; forbidden; illicit
bump or knock into
handai
mengharamkan: to forbid; to ban
pengharaman: banning
berhantuk: to bump or knock into
menghantukkan: to knock
terhantuk: to knock or collide accidentally
hantukan: bumping or knocking sound
friend; associate
harap
handal
hope
reliable; strong; clever
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harapan: hope; expectation
pengharapan: hope; expectation
berharap: to hope; to wish
berharapkan: to hope for
mengharap: to hope; to wish; to expect
mengharapkan: to hope for; to wish for
mengharum: fragrant
mengharumi: to make fragrant
mengharumkan: to make fragrant; to make famous
penghasut: instigator
hati
(1) liver (2) heart (in emotional sense)
harung
wade
harga
berhati binatang: cruel
berhati-hati: cautious
memperhatikan: to pay attention
pemerhati: observer
perhatian: attention
sehati sejiwa: one heart and soul (togetherness)
mengharungi: to wade
price; value
berharga: valuable
menghargai: to appreciate
penghargaan: honour; appreciation
harus
necessary; inevitable; must; fitting
mengharuskan: to compel; to permit
seharusnya: necessarily; inevitably; actually
haus
(1) thirsty (2) worn out
hari
day
kehausan: (1) thirst (2) abraded
menghauskan: to cause thirst; to yearn for
haribulan: date
harian: daily
berhari-hari: day after day
sehari: one day
sehari-hari: every day
sehari-harian: all day long
hasad
jealous; envious; malevolent
hawa
atmosphere; air; climate
hasil
product; result
hasil bumi: natural resources
hasil jualan: sales returns
hasil negeri: state revenue
hasil pertanian: agricultural products
berhasil: successful; fruitful
menghasilkan: produce
harimau
tiger
hayat
life
menghayati: to appreciate; to experience
penghayatan: appreciation
harta
property
hebah
harta tanah: real estate
hartawan: wealthy person; magnate
berharta: having property; wealthy
hasrat
announce; broadcast
desire; ambition; object of desire
juruhebah: announcer; broadcaster
penghebah: announcer; broadcaster
menghebahkan: to announce; to broadcast
penghebahan: announcement
berhasrat: to have a desire
haru-biru
uproar; chaos
hasta
length from elbow to tip of middle finger
mengharukan: to plague
terharu: upset; grieved
hebat
grand; great
hasut
instigate
harum
fragrant
haruman: fragrance; perfume
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kehebatan: power; awe
memperhebatkan: to intensify
menghasut: to instigate
hasutan: instigation
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heboh
stamp (of feet)
noisy
hempap
crushed
menghentak: to stamp (of feet)
hentakan: stamping of the feet
menghentakkan: to stamp (of feet)
menghebohkan: to cause an uproar; to publicise
menghempap: to crush by falling on top of
menghempapkan: to cause something heavy to fall on
hegeh
flaunting; swagger
hentam
hempas
bash; strike; batter; beat
slam; throw; lash
menghentam: to bash; to strike; to batter; to beat
hentam keromo: to finish all at once
menghempas: to slam; to throw; to lash
berhempas pulas: to work very hard
terhempas: thrown; tossed
hela
drag or haul
menghela: to drag or haul
henti
stop
hempedal
gizzard
helah
berhenti: to stop
memberhentikan: to cause to stop
menghentikan: to cause to stop
pemberhentian: stoppage
perhentian: a place for stopping
terhenti: stopped
contrivance; trick; excuse
hempedu
bile
helai
piece
henyak
hendak
helang
eagle
hemah
manners
want; desire; need; wish
stamp
berkehendak: to wish for
berkehendakkan: to want; to require
kehendak: a wish
menghendaki: to require; to ask for
sekehendak hati: according to one's wish
menghenyak: to stamp
menghenyakkan: to throw oneself upon
terhenyak: sit down suddenly
herdik
scold; find fault
hendap
hemat
herdikan: scolding
mengherdik: to scold
lurk; latent; spy
frugal; careful and economical
menghendap: to spy; to lurk
terhendap-hendap: to lurk; to be latent
berhemat: to be careful; to be thrifty
menghematkan: to economise
heret
drag
hening
hembus
mengheret: to drag
calm; clear; pure
blow; exhale
keheningan: quietness; clearness
hembusan: a puff; a gust of wind; exhalation
menghembus: to blow; to exhale
menghembuskan: to blow out
herot
crooked
hentak
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menghidu: to smell
hias
hilir
adorn; make-up; decorate
downstream
hidung
menghias: to decorate
menghiasi: to decorate
menghiaskan: to decorate
perhiasan: decoration; adornment
nose
hilir-mudik: up and down
menghilir: to go downstream
hidung tinggi: snobbish
himpit
hidup
hiba
squeeze or crush
live; alive; life
sorrow; longing
himpitan: act of squeezing or crushing; crowd
berhimpitan: pushing; pressing; squeezing; crushing
menghimpit: to squeeze or crush; to press
terhimpit: squeezed; crushed; pressed
hidup-hidup: alive
hidupan: living things
kehidupan: life
menghidupkan: to start; to switch on
penghidupan: livelihood
berhiba hati: sorrowful
menghibakan: to arouse feelings of sorrow
hibur
himpun
entertain; amuse
assemble; collect
hijau
menghibur: to entertain; to amuse; to cheer up
hiburan: entertainment; amusement
menghiburkan: entertaining
penghibur: entertainer
terhibur: entertained
(1) green (2) immature
berhimpun: to assemble; to gather
himpunan: accumulation; collection
menghimpunkan: to assemble; to collect
perhimpunan: assembly; gathering
kehijauan: greenish; greenery
menghijau: to appear to be green; to become green
hijrah
hidang
hina
(1) Muslim era (2) migrate
low-down; contemptible; dishonourable; mean
berhijrah: to migrate
penghijrahan: migration
menghinakan: to insult
penghinaan: humiliation; insult
terhina: scorned
serve; present (food)
menghidangkan: to serve; to present (food)
hidangan: a dish of food
hikayat
hidap
story; history
hincut
suffer from (an illness)
lame
menghidap: to suffer from (an illness)
menghidapi: to suffer from (an illness)
terhincut-hincut: limping
hikmat
wisdom; magical powers
hindar
hidayat
avoid
guidance
hilang
lost; lose
kehilangan: loss; disappearance
menghilang: to disappear
menghilangkan: to cause to disappear
hidu
smell
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menghindar: to avoid; to pull to the side
menghindari: to avoid; to evade
menghindarkan: to avoid
terhindar: averted
terhormat: respected
hingar-bingar
noisy
hisab
calculate
hubung
communicate
ilmu hisab: arithmetic
hubungan: connection; ties; link; sexual affair
berhubung: regarding; in respect of
berhubungan: having regards to
menghubungkaitkan: to interrelate
menghubungi: to contact
menghubungkan: to connect
perhubungan: connection; relationship
hingus
mucus from nose
hisap
suck
menghisap: to suck; to smoke
penghisap: smoker; sucker; drinking-straw
hisapan: suction
hingga
till; until
hujah
argument; debate; quarrel
hinggap
hitam
perch
berhujah: to wrangle; to contend; to argue
menghujahkan: to contend
black
menghinggapi: to perch on; to attack (by illness)
kehitaman: very black
menghitamkan: to blacken
hujan
hinggut
rain
shake; sway
hitung
hujan rintik-rintik: drizzle
berhujan: to expose oneself to the rain
kehujanan: caught in the rain
menghujani: to rain upon
count; enumerate; consider
berhitung: to count
menghitung: to count
memperhitungkan: to take into consideration
perhitungan: consideration
hirau
pay attention to; feel concern for
menghiraukan: to pay attention to
hujung
end; edge
hodoh
hiris
hujung minggu: weekend
hujung tahun: end of the year
penghujung: conclusion; ending
ugly
slice; subdivide
hirisan: a slice
menghiris: to slice
terhiris: be offended; be hurt; be touched emotionally
honar
chaos; deceit; fraud
hukum
law
hiruk-pikuk
clamour; uproar
respect
berhormat: respected
kehormat: honourable
kehormatan: honour
menghormati: to respect
penghormatan: honour; respect
hirup
sip; suck
menghirup: to sip; to suck
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hukuman: punishment; penalty; sentence
hukuman maut: death sentence
hukuman penjara: jail sentence
menghukum: to sentence for punishment
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hulu
(1) butt; handle (of tool or weapon) (2) upstream
hulubalang
commander; warlord
huru-hara
uproar; chaos
iaitu
namely; that is to say
menghuru-harakan: to create chaos
hulur
ialah
stretch
is; are
huruf
menghulur: to stretch
menghulurkan: to stretch; to release
letter of alphabet
huruf besar: capital letter
huruf kecil: small (lower case) letter
iau
mew (cat's cry)
huma
mengiau: to mew
dry field
hurung
cancel
ibadat
humban
pious duties; worship
fling; throw; hurl
hutan
menghumban: to fling; to hurl; to throw
forest
ibarat
perhutanan: forestry
example; parable
huni
mengibaratkan: to liken to
inhabit
hutang
berhuni: inhabited
berpenghuni: inhabited
menghuni: to inhabit
penghuni: inhabitant; dweller
debt
hutang lapuk: bad debt
hutang-piutang: all kinds of debts
berhutang: to owe
iblis
dickens; deuce; Devil (in exclamation)
Ibrani
hunjam
bore vertically; dive; plunge down
Hebrew
huyung
stagger
terhuyung-hayang: to stagger
hunus
mother
unsheathe
I
menghunus: to unsheathe
ia
it; he; she
hurai
expound; elaborate; untie
huraian: elaboration; explanation; description
menghuraikan: to untie; to separate; to settle; to decide
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ibu
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beria-ia: truly; really
mengiakan: to assent to
seia sekata: agreeable
ibu ayam: pimp
ibu jari: thumb
ibu kota: capital city
ibu negara: national capital
ibu mentua: mother-in-law
ibu sawat telefon: telephone exchange
keibuan: motherly
idam
advertisement
crave; longing for
idaman: desire; craving; longing
mengidam: to crave; to long for
mengidamkan: to crave for
mengiklankan: to advertise; to publicise
pengiklanan: advertising
periklanan: advertising
ikan
fish
perikanan: fisheries
iklim
igal
climate
display the feathers
ikat
tie; bind; bunch; bundle
mengigal: to display the feathers
ikat jamin: bail
ikatan: string; union; band; ties; restriction
ikatan kasih: love ties
ikatan keluarga: family ties
ikatan perkahwinan: matrimonial ties
mengikat: to tie; to bind; obligatory
pengikat: fastener
perikatan: alliance; union; confederation
igau
sleep-talk; nightmare
mengigau: to talk in the sleep; to have a nightmare
igauan: incubus (nightmare); burdensome person or thing
ikrab
(1) inflexion (changing of the form of a word grammatically) (2)
intimate
ikrar
promise; pledge
berikrar: to promise; to pledge
mengikrarkan: to promise
ihsan
ikhlas
good deed
candid; unsophisticated; sincere; frank
keikhlasan: honesty; sincerity
iktibar
example; teaching
ijab
answer to a prayer; tender for goods
ikhtiar
ijab kabul: formalisation of matrimony
endeavour; attempt; effort
iktikad
faith
berikhtiar: to endeavour
mengikhtiarkan: to devise; to plan
beriktikad: having the intention
ijazah
degree (academic)
ikhtisar
compendium; summary; digest
iktiraf
recognise; acknowledge; accept
ijtihad
study
mengiktiraf: to recognise; to acknowledge; to accept
pengiktirafan: recognition; acknowledgement; acceptance
ikhtisas
professional
ijuk
black fibre of enau palm
iktisad
economy
ikhwan
brothers
ikal
curly
ikut
follow
ikal mayang: long curly hair
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mengikut: to follow
ikut angin: moody; temperamental
ikut serta: participate
ikut-ikutan: follow blindly; trend
berikut: next; following
berikutan: following that
mengikuti: to shadow; to follow
pengikut: follower
terikut-ikut: imitating
menginap: to lodge; to reside
penginapan: lodging
seimbang: equal; balanced
berimbang: balanced; equal; matched; to balance
keseimbangan: equilibrium
imbangan: balance (noun)
incar
gimlet (a tool for boring)
imbas
glimpse
imbasan: a glimpse
mengimbas: to glimpse
ilai
inci
inch
laugh loudly; scream
mengilai: to laugh loudly; to scream
incut
imbuh
lame; crippled
augment; increase; supplement; extra
ilham
imbuhan: affix; addition; augmentation
inspiration; sudden brilliant idea
indah
beautiful
mengilhamkan: to inspire; to instil an idea into
imla
keindahan: beauty
mengindahkan: to beautify
dictate (words)
ilmiah
erudite; learned; scholarly
impi
dream; have visions
ilmiawan
India
of India or Indians
impian: a dream
scholar
indik
trample
imsak
ilmu
the time of commencement of fast
knowledge; learning
inding
berilmu: learned
covet; desire eagerly
inai
henna
imam
berinai: to have henna applied
Muslim spiritual leader who leads the congregation in prayer
induk
mother (animal)
inang
iman
nursery maid
piety
inframerah
infra-red
inap
imbang
lodge; reside
balance
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ingat
remember; memorise; recall
ipar
Injil
ingat-ingat: be cautious; remember
ingatan: memory; recollection; remembrance
beringat-ingat: to be careful; to be aware
mengingat: to remember; to think
mengingatkan: to remind; reminiscent
mengingati: to remember; to recall
memperingati: to commemorate
peringatan: reminder; warning
seingat: as far as can be remembered
teringat: being reminded
teringat-ingat: recalling repeatedly; picturing in the mind
brother- or sister-in-law
Bible
ipar duai: in-laws
insaf
disabuse; realisation; repentance
irama
rhythm
keinsafan: realisation
menginsafi: to realise; to repent
insan
berirama: rhythmic
iras
mankind
Inggeris
alike
English
insang
iri
gill (of fish)
ingin
(1) catty; spiteful (2) jealousy
agog; eager; desirous; want; wish
iri hati: jealous; envious
keinginan: desire; want; wish
menginginkan: to wish for; to desire; to yearn for
teringin: craving
intai
peep
iring
mengintai: to peep; to spy
escort; accompany
iringan: accompaniment
beriringan: walking together; followed by
mengiringi: to escort; to accompany
pengiring: an escort; entourage
seiring: side-by-side
ingkar
disobedient
intan
diamond
mengingkari: to break a pledge; to disobey
intim
ingus
mucus from the nose
intimate
iris
peek; peep; glance
isak
slice or thin broad piece
beringus: having a runny nose
intip
ini
this
injak
terisak-isak: sobbing
isi
pedal
contents
intisari
kernel; central or important part
menginjak: to step on; to trample
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sob
mengintip: to spy on
pengintip: a spy; a secret agent
pengintipan: act of spying
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isi hati: feelings
isi padu: volume
berisi: to contain
mengisi: to fill up; to occupy
mengisikan: to fill
perisian: programming
jabal
(1) mountain (2) rob
istirehat
rest; relax; interval
isirung
jabang
kernel
baby
isyak
evening prayer (of Muslims)
Islam
jabar
of the Muslim religion
almighty (for God)
isyarat
cue or signal
Isnin
mengisyaratkan: to signal
jabarut
Monday
sphere attained by the mystic
isytihar
istana
declare; proclaim; announce
jabat
palace
shake hands (in greeting)
mengisytiharkan: to declare; to proclaim; to announce
perisytiharan: declaration; proclamation
sejabat: colleague
jabatan: department
berjabat: to shake hands (in greeting)
menjabat: to occupy a post
pejabat: office
isteri
wife
itik
isteri muda: second wife
isteri tua: first wife
beristeri: to be married (of a man)
memperisteri: to take a wife
memperisterikan: to give in marriage
duck
jabel
nab
itu
that
istiadat
jabhati
ceremony; ceremonial
determination
izin
permission; consent; authorisation
keizinan: permission
mengizinkan: to permit; to consent
istilah
jabil
term (word or phrase); terminology
sac; pouch; small cloth purse
peristilahan: terminological
J
jabing
prominent or large (of ears)
istimewa
special; extraordinary
jaat
a kind of bean
keistimewaan: specialty; peculiarity
teristimewa: most special
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jabu
billowy (of dust, smoke, etc)
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ginger
jabun
jah
billowy (of dense foliage)
jaga
respect; honour
be awake; be alert; guard; take care of
jagaan: custody; care; charge; supervision
berjaga: to guard
berjaga-jaga: to be on guard; to be careful; to be alert
menjaga: to look after
penjaga: watchman; guardian; caretaker
penjagaan: care; supervision
terjaga: woke up
jagabaya: village-police
jabung
glue; resin
jabur
mixed up; psalm
jahanam
destroy; ruin; hell; scoundrel
menjahanamkan: to wreck; to destroy; to ruin
jahang
(1) to abuse angrily (2) dark red
jagal
jadah
(1 )deal in small wares (2) slaughter (as a butcher)
bastard
jagalan: small wares; merchandise
jahar
shore
jaharu
(1) world; universe (2) blackhead; blemish
jahat
aloud
jadam
a kind of medicine
jagang
low-class scoundrel; pariah
jadar
a kind of plant
jagat
bad; evil; immoral
sejagat: worldwide; universal
kejahatan: badness; wickedness
penjahat: villain
sejahat-jahat: however bad
jadi
make; happen; become; be born
jadi-jadian: apparition
menjadi: to become
menjadikan: to make; to cause; to create
kejadian: incident; happening
terjadi: happened
jadi-nya: so; therefore
jadilah: thus
jagoan
fighting cock; champion; candidate
jahi
ginger
jaguh
champion
jahid
ascetic
jadual
jagung
programme; schedule; list; table
maize; corn
menjadualkan: to schedule
penjadualan: scheduling
jahil
ignorant; stupid; uneducated
jagur
robust; burly
jae
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kejahilan: ignorance
jahim
jajal
blazing (of hell)
jalar
try or attempt
creep
menjalar: to creep; to crawl
jahit
jajan
sew or stitch
buy sweets
jalin
menjahit: to sew or stitch
tukang jahit: tailor
jahit-menjahit: needlework
menjahitkan: to sew something
plait; braid
menjalin: to plait; to braid; to establish
menjalinkan: to establish a relationship
terjalin: woven; plaited; established
jajar
parallel; on same level; row or line
berjajar: in a row; next to each other
sejajar: parallel; in line with; in alignment
Jahudi
Jew
jalur
stripe; strip
jajat
jaluran: stripe
berjalur-jalur: striped
mimic
jail
(1) rod with noose of fibre (2) sneaky; nagging
jaksa
judicial officer; justice
jam
clock; watch; hour
jais
unreceptive; inattentive
berjam-jam: for hours
jala
fishing net
jaiz
lawful or permitted (of Muslims)
jala-jala: hairnet
menjala: to fish with cast net
penjala: fisherman
jaja
Jamadilawal
fifth month of the Muslim calendar
hawk; peddle goods
jalad
berjaja: to hawk; to peddle goods
menjaja: to hawk; to peddle
penjaja: hawker
Jamadilakhir
sixth month of the Muslim calendar
executioner
jamah
touch; taste; eat in small amounts
jalan
(1) road; street; way; route (2) walk
menjamah: to touch; to taste; to eat in small amounts
jajah
colonise
berjalan: to walk
berjalan-jalan: to take a walk
menjalani: to undergo
menjalankan: to perform; to carry out
pejalan kaki: pedestrian
perjalanan: journey
menjajah: to colonise
jajahan: colony; district
penjajah: coloniser; colonialist
penjajahan: colonialism
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jamak
plural (in grammar)
jamu
jambak
(1) a meter (measuring device) (2) expect; anticipate (3) period
of time
(1) herbal medicine (2) feast
bunch of flowers; bouquet; compliment
jamuan: a feast; party; reception
berjamu: to feast
menjamu: to feast; to entertain
jangka angin: anemometer
jangkamasa: duration of time
jangka suhu: thermometer
jangkahayat: life expectancy
jangkaan: expectation; anticipation
menjangka: to expect; to anticipate
menjangkakan: to expect; to anticipate
jamban
latrine; toilet; lavatory
jana
life
jambang
janakuasa: generator
menjanakan: to generate
penjana: generator
penjanaan: generation of energy
(1) sideburns (2) flowers arranged in a vase
jambangan: flowers arranged in a vase
jangkau
reach out with the hand
jangkauan: the reach of one's hand
menjangkau: to reach out
terjangkau: reached out
jambat
janda
bridge
a widow
jambatan: bridge
janda berhias: childless widow
menjanda: to be a widow
jangkit
infectious
berjangkit: infectious; infected
menjangkitkan: infectious; communicable (of disease)
jangkitan: infection
menjangkiti: to infect
jambu
guava
jangan
don't
jangan-jangan: maybe
jangankan: let alone
jambul
crest; tuft on head; plume on helmet
jangkung
heron
janggal
jamin
awkward
guarantee; promise
janin
kejanggalan: awkwardness
jaminan: a guarantee
menjamin: to guarantee
terjamin: guaranteed
penjamin: guarantor
janggus
foetus
janji
a type of tree bearing edible fruit
promise
beard
janji temu: appointment
berjanji: to promise
menjanjikan: to promise
perjanjian: agreement; contract
jampi
incantation; magic spell
janggut
berjanggut: bearded
jampuk
owl
jantan
male
jangka
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kejantanan: masculinity
jarum peniti: pin
jauhari
jeweller; expert
jantina
gender; sex
jasa
merit; service
jawa
tamarind
jasa baik: good offices
berjasa: to fulfil one's duty
jantung
heart
asam jawa: tamarind
jantung hati: sweetheart
jasad
jawab
body
answer; reply; respond
jarah
jawapan: an answer
berjawab: answered
menjawab: to answer; to reply
pillage; plunder; rob
jasmani
physical
jarak
jasmaniah: physical
distance
jawat
colleague
berjarak: to be at a distance
menjarakkan: to space out
sejawat: colleague
jawatan: post; appointment; job
jawatankuasa: committee
berjawatan: holding a post
menjawat: to hold a post
perjawatan: post; job
jata
blazon
jaram
a compress or pad to stop bleeding, etc
jati
(1) pure; genuine (2) teakwood
sejati: real; true (of friends)
jarang
Jawi
Arabic characters
(1) seldom (2) transparent (of material) (3) thin (of hair)
jarang-jarang: rarely; seldom
jatuh
fall
jaya
successful
kejatuhan: a fall; a collapse
menjatuhkan: to cause to fall or drop
terjatuh: dropped or fell
jari
finger
jayanya: successfully
berjaya: to succeed; successful
kejayaan: success
menjayakan: to make successful
jauh
jaring
net
far; distant
penjaring: scorer (of goal)
berjauhan: far apart
kejauhan: afar
menjauhi: to stay away from; to shun
sejauh: as far as
jebak
snare; trap
menjebak: to trap
terjebak: trapped
jarum
needle
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berjela-jela: to trail
jeda
jelik
interval
jelaga
ugly; bad; repulsive
soot
jegil
jeling
stare with bulging eyes
jelah
ogle flirtatiously
legible
menjegilkan: to stare in horror or astonishment
jelingan: a glance through the corner of the eye
menjeling: to ogle flirtatiously; to look through the corner of the
eye
jelajah
jejak
explore
footstep; trail; track
menjelajah: to explore
menjelajahi: to explore
penjelajah: explorer
penjelajahan: exploration
menjejak: to trail
menjejaki: to trail
jelir
stick out (tongue)
menjelir: to stick out (tongue)
menjelirkan: to stick out (tongue)
jejaka
bachelor; young man
jelak
fed up; bored
jelita
pretty; beautiful
jejambat
flyover
jelitawan: beautiful girl
kejelitaan: beauty
jelang
eve of
jejantas
flyover
jelma
jelapang
incarnate; materialise
granary; rice bowl
menjelma: to incarnate; to materialise
jelmaan: metamorphic; incarnation
menjelmakan: to create
penjelmaan: incarnation; materialisation; metamorphosis
jejari
radius
jelas
clear; well-defined; evident; obvious
menjelaskan: to explain; to clarify; to settle
penjelasan: explanation; clarification
jejas
affect
jeluas
gory; bloody
menjejaskan: to affect; to act upon in an adverse manner
terjejas: affected; acted upon in an adverse manner
jelata
commoner; ordinary people
jelujur
baste; temporary stitches
jela
trail
jelatang
nettle
berjela: to trail
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jemaah
pilgrim; assembly; congregation
menjengkau: to reach out
jenaka
banter; joke
berjenaka: to joke
jemala
jengkel
chump; block
annoyed; irritated
menjengkelkan: to annoy; to irritate
jenama
brand; trade mark
jembalang
gnome
berjenama: branded
jengket
tiptoe
jempul
superfine
jenang
invite
jenayah
berjengket: to tiptoe
menjengket: to tiptoe
window or door frame; jamb
jenguk
jemput
look with head thrust forward
crime
menjemput: to invite
jemputan: invitation
sejemput: a pinch of
menjenguk: to look with head thrust forward
menjengukkan: to thrust head forward
penjenayah: criminal
jenazah
jenggul
corpse
jemput-jemput
dumpling made from mixture of flour and bananas
protrude
menjenggulkan: to protrude
jendela
window
jemu
jenis
bored; weary
type; sort; kind
menjemukan: to bore
berjenis-jenis: of many types; a variety
penjenisan: classification
sejenis: of one type; a type of
jengah
peep; glance
menjengah: to peep; to glance
jemur
sunbathe; bask
jentera
berjemur: to sunbathe; to bask
jemuran: clothes hung out to dry
menjemur: to dry in the sun
machinery; machine
jengkal
span between the tips of stretched thumb and little finger
sejengkal: a span between the tips of stretched thumb and little
finger
jentik
(1) snap or flick with finger (2) larva
jenak
moment
sejenak: a moment
jengkau
reach out
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menjentik: to snap or flick with finger
jentik-jentik: larva
jentikan: fillip
menjerat: to snare or trap
jentolak
jerjak
bulldozer
jerawat
trellis; lattice
pimple
jenuh
jerkah
satisfied; full
jerebu
snarl; yell
haze
menjerkah: to snarl
jera
discourage; dishearten; dissuade
jerekit
cohere
jernih
clear; transparent; pure
kejernihan: clarity; purity
menjernihkan: to make clear; to purify
jeram
rapids
jerembat
fall headlong
terjerembat: to fall headlong
jeruk
jerami
pickle
hay; straw
jerempak
meet by chance
jerumat
jeran
terjerempak: to meet by chance
discourage
jerih
jerang
to darn
jerumus
tired
boil
cause to fall
menjerumuskan: to cause to fall
terjerumus: to fall forward
menjerang: to boil
menjerangkan: to boil
jeriji
a grate
jerung
jerangkap
booby trap
shark
jering
a type of tree and its malodorous fruit
jerut
jerangkung
human skeleton
constrict; tighten a knot; strangle with rope
jerit
menjerut: to constrict; to tighten a knot; to strangle with rope
scream
menjerit: to scream
terjerit-jerit: screaming
jeritan: act of screaming
jerat
a snare or trap
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jidal
thimble
jirat
non-Muslim grave
jihad
jin
holy war
spirit
jirus
douse; pour water on
jidar
menjirus: to douse; to pour water on
jinak
margin; border; edge
tame; domesticated
berjinak-jinak: to familiarise with
kejinakan: tameness
menjinakkan: to tame; to domesticate
jijik
jisim
body; mass
distasteful; disgusting
menjijikkan: revolting; loathsome; to cause disgust
jingga
jitu
orange (colour)
correct; accurate; exact
kejituan: accuracy
menjitukan: to correct
jika
if
jinjang
long and slender (of neck)
jiwa
jikalau
soul; spirit
if
jinjing
berjiwa: to be alive: to have the spirit
menjiwai: to put more life or spirit into; to enliven
carry light objects in the hand
menjinjing: to carry light objects in the hand
jilat
lick; lap
jodoh
menjilat: to lick; to lap
marriage partner or match
jintan
herb with spicy seeds
berjodoh: to take as a spouse
menjodohkan: to marry off
jintan manis: aniseed
jintan putih: cummin
jilid
binding; volume (of printed material)
menjilid: to bind (printed material)
penjilidan: binding (of printed material)
joget
a Malay dance
jiplak
copy or trace
berjoget: to dance the joget
jimak
copulation
jiran
johan
neighbour
thrift
berjimat:thrifty; prudent
menjimatkan: to save
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champion
berjiran: to have as a neighbour; neighbouring; neighbourly
kejiranan: neighbourhood
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kejohanan: championship
jolok
comestibles; things to eat
perjudian: gamble
poke or thrust
menjolok: to poke; to thrust
menjolok mata: shameful; unsightly
juak
judul
court page
title; subject
berjudul: having a title
jong
junk (sailing ship)
jual
sell
juga
berjual: to sell
berjual beli: to trade
menjual: to sell
penjual: seller
jualan: sale
jongang
protruding (of teeth)
also; too
juita
lovely; sweet
jongkang-jongket
see-saw
juang
fight; struggle
jujuh
trickle
berjuang: to fight; to struggle
memperjuangkan: to fight for
pejuang: fighter
perjuangan: a fight; a struggle; war
seperjuangan: a common fight or struggle
jongkok
cringe;cower
jongkong
berjujuh: to trickle
jujur
(1) ingot; bullion (2) large dug-out canoe
honest; trustworthy
juara
kejujuran: honesty
champion
joran
kejuaraan: championship
menjuarai: to become the champion
fishing rod
Julai
July
joreng
jubah
a small piece or shred
robe; chasuble
julang
boost; push upwards; soar
jorong
tile
jua
julap
judi
also
laxative
gamble
berjudi: to gamble
memperjudikan: to gamble
penjudi: gambler
juadah
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menjulang: to boost; to push upwards; to soar
julangan: upward thrust
jubin
(1) betel leaf container (2) funnel
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juling
squint
julukan
junam
nickname; pet name; epithet
jurubina
dive; nosedive
architect
menjunam: to dive; to nosedive
terjunam: plunged head first
julung
jurucakap
spokesman
primary; the first
julung kali: the first time
junjung
(1) respect deeply (2) carry on the head
menjunjung: (1) to respect deeply (2) to carry on the head
jurugambar
photographer
dangling; pendulous
juruhebah
announcer
julur
protrude
menjulur: to protrude
menjulurkan: to cause to protrude
juntai
berjuntai: dangling; pendulous
Jumaat
jurukamera
cameraman
Friday
jurang
ravine; gap
jurang generasi: generation gap
jumbai
frill
jurukira
accountant
juru
expert
jumlah
total
jurulatih
coach; trainer
berjumlah: having a total of
menjumlahkan: to total up
sejumlah: a total of; a sum of
juruacara
master of ceremonies; compere
jumpa
jurumasak
chef
juruaudit
(1) meet (2) find ; discover
auditor
berjumpa: to meet
jumpaan: a finding; a discovery
menjumpai: to meet; to find; to discover
perjumpaan: meeting
terjumpa: found
jurumudi
helmsman
juruazan
muezzin
juruoptik
optician
jurubahasa
interpreter
Jun
June
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jururawat
nurse
mengabulkan: to fulfil; to grant
terkabul: fulfilled; granted
juruwang
jurusawat
mechanic
cashier
kabung
mourn
berkabung: to mourn
perkabungan: mourning; expression of grief
jurus
juruselam
diver
moment
sejurus: a moment
jurusan: department; direction; stream
menjurus: in the direction of
kabur
blur; dim; unclear; vague
jurusolek
beautician
mengaburkan: to make blur
mengaburi: to make blur
justeru
hence; for this reason
jurutaip
typist
kabus
mist
juta
million
juruteknik
technician
jutawan: millionaire
berjuta-juta: millios of
kabut
fog
berkabut: foggy
kelam-kabut: chaos; chaotic
jurutera
engineer
K
kejuruteraan: engineering
kaca
Kaabah
glass
cubic black stone building in the mosque in Mecca
juruterbang
air pilot
kacak
kabisat
handsome; smart-looking
leap year
jurutrengkas
stenographer
kacang
kabu
bean
cotton tree
juruukur
surveyor
kacang bendi: lady's fingers
kekabu: cotton tree
juruulas
kacau
kabul
commentator
fulfil; grant
(1) harass; disturb (2) stir
kacau-bilau: chaotic
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kekacauan: disturbance
mengacau: (1) to harass; to disturb (2) to stir
mengacaukan: to stir; to mix
pengacau: trouble-maker; one who disturbs
method; procedure
kafan
pengail: angler; fisherman
kain
shroud
cloth
kacip
nutcracker
kafilah
kais
caravan; convoy of travellers
scratch with the claws
kacuk
mengais: to scratch with the claws
cross-bred
kafir
kacukan: offspring of cross-breed
infidel; person with no religious faith
kait
mengkafirkan: to consider as an infidel
(1) crochet; knit (2) metal hook (3) correlate
kacung
mengait: to knit; to crochet
kaitan: correlation; relationship; relevance
berkaitan: having a connection or correlation
mengaitkan: to connect; to associate; to correlate
perkaitan: connection
mantis
kaget
startled
kadam
mengagetkan: to startle
sole of foot
kajai
collar
kagum
kadang-kadang
sometimes
impressive; amazing; astounding
mengagumi: to amaze; to astound
mengagumkan: to amaze; to astound
kadang kala: sometimes; now and then
kajang
awning; roofing (for boat or cart)
kadar
kahak
rate; ratio; proportion
phlegm
kaji
study
berkadar: proportional
sekadar: just; only
mengkaji: to study; to do research into
kajian: a study; analysis; scrutiny
mengaji: to read the Koran
pengajian: pursuit of knowledge; academic study
pengkajian: research
pengkaji: researcher
kahwin
marry
kadi
kahwin lari: elope
mengahwini: to marry
mengahwinkan: to marry off
perkahwinan: marriage; wedding
Muslim judge
kaji bintang
astronomy
kaduk
fool (of Malay folklore)
kail
fishing-rod
kaedah
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kaji bumi
geology
kaki
(1) foot; leg (2) measure of length equal to one foot (12 inches)
kakisama: isosceles; having two sides equal (of triangle)
kakitangan: staff; personnel; employees
kaji cuaca
meteorology
kaji haiwan
zoology
kaji hayat
biology
kalam
writing pen
kaki ayam
barefoot
kalang
kaki bangku
one who cannot play football
kalangan
kaki bola
kalau
transverse support
circle or group with similar interests
one who loves football
kaji purba
archaeology
if
kalau-kalau: maybe
kaki gaduh
trouble-maker
kaji selidik
survey or study
kalbu
heart
kaki judi
gambler
kaji tumbuhan
botany
kaldu
broth
kaku
stiff
kakak
elder sister
kali
kaku lidah: tongue-tied
kakak ipar
sister-in-law
times; multiply
kali-kali: multiplication table
berkali-kali: repeatedly
sekali: once; at the same time; superlative
sekali imbas: glance
sekali-sekala: once in a while
sekalipun: although
sekalian: all
kala
length or period of time
kala jengking: scorpion
berkala: periodical
kakaktua
cockatoo; parrot
kalah
kalimantang
fluorescent light
lose; defeated
kakanda
elder brother or sister
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kalah mati: knock-out system (in sporting competition)
kekalahan: a defeat
mengalah: to concede defeat
mengalahkan: to defeat
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kalimat
sentence; period
gembala kambing: goat-herd
kancil
mousedeer
kalis
proof; able to withstand
kambus
engulf; cover
kancing
mengambus: to engulf; to cover
terkambus: covered with earth
kalis air
buckle; fastener
berkancing: to have a fastener
mengancing: to fasten
terkancing: fastened
waterproof
kami
we; us
kalis api
fireproof
kandang
cage; pen; fold
kamir
mengandang: to cage
yeast
kalis karat
rust-proof
kandas
kampit
(1) run aground (2) fail
portable case; sack
kalis peluru
bullet-proof
terkandas: failed; stranded; aground
kampung
village
kaloi
carp
kandung
contain
berkampung: to assemble
perkampungan: a group of villages
mengandung: pregnant
kandungan: contents
mengandungi: to contain; to consist of; filled with
kalung
necklace
kamu
you; your
mengalungkan: to garland
kalungan: a garland
kangkang
straddle; astride
kamus
mengangkang: to straddle
terkangkang: with legs wide apart
dictionary
kalut
muddle; confusion; disorder
kanak-kanak
child
kamar
kanji
starch
room
berkanji: starched; starchy
menganji: to starch
kanan
(1) right (2) senior
kambing
goat
kanta
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lens
mothership
kanta cekung: concave lens
kanta cembung: convex lens
kanta pembesar: magnifying lens
kapur
kapal korek
dredge
lime; chalk
mengapuri: to white-wash
kantuk
sleepiness; drowsiness
kapal perang
battleship
mengantuk: sleepy; drowsy
kara
all alone
kapal selam
submarine
kantung
pouch; purse
karam
sink (of ship); submerge
kapal terbang
aeroplane
kanun
code of law
karang
(1) coral (2) compose
batu karang: coral
mengarang: to compose
karangan: composition
pekarangan: front portion of house
pengarang: author
kapar
kapah
scattered; sprawled
gasp; tremble
berkaparan: scattered
terkapar: sprawled
kapai
to flap the arms to stay afloat
karat
(1) rust (2) carat
kapas
cotton
berkarat: rusty; to rust
karatan: rustiness
kapak
axe
kapit
mengapak: to cut with an axe
flank; escort
karau
churn
mengapit: to flank; to escort
pengapit: bridesmaid
terkapit: flanked
kapal
ship
kardus
perkapalan: shipping
hardboard
kapuk
a type of cotton
kapal angkasa
spaceship
kari
curry
kapung
afloat
kapal induk
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karib
intimate
katuk
kasih sayang: affection; love; fondness
kasihan: pity
berkasih-kasihan: to be in love with each other
kekasih: lover; sweetheart
mengasihani: to pity
mengasihi: to love someone
pengasih: lover
ubat pengasih: love spell
karkas
crabbed (of handwriting)
to knock; to tap
katung
float
terkatung-katung: floating
karung
sack
kasuari
ostrich
katup
(1) closely held (2) cover
karut
berkatup: closed
terkatup: shut tight
nonsense; ridiculous
kasut
karut-marut: nonsense
shoe
kau
you (abbreviation of 'engkau')
karya
kata
literary work; masterpiece
word; say
karyawan: writer
kasa
gauze
kata hati: intuition
katakan: tell; say; suppose
katanya: he or she said
berkata-kata: to chatter
mengata: to gossip
mengatakan: to tell
memperkatakan: to talk; to discuss; about
perkataan: word
sekata: even
kaum
frog
kaus kaki
small; short; stunted
kaut
bed
kawah
community; group
perkauman: racial
kaus
hose
kasap
craggy; rugged
katak
footwear
kasar
rough; crude; rude
kekasaran: coarseness; rudeness; roughness
mengasarkan: to make rough
kasi
katik
katil
(1) give (2) castrate
mengasi: to castrate
scoop up
cauldron; large pan; crater
katil bujang: single bed
katil kelamin: double bed
kawal
kasih
affection; love
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control; guard; check
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berkawal: on guard
mengawal: to guard; to control; to watch
mengawali: to guard; to escort; to control
mengawal diri: to restrain oneself
pengawal: a guard; a controller
kawalan: state of being under control or under guard
wood
kayu-kayuan: wood; timber
kayu-kayan: wood; timber
kayu api: firewood
kayu balak: log
perkayuan: logging; timber industry
kayu manis: cinnamon
kecam
criticise severely; reprimand
mengecam: to criticise severely; to reprimand
kecaman: criticism
kawan
friend; companion
kayuh
berkawan: to be friends; to have friends
berkawan-kawan: in groups of friends
mengawani: to accompany
row; paddle; pedal
berkayuh: to row; to paddle
mengayuh: to row; to paddle
pengayuh: an oar; a paddle; a pedal
kecamuk
causing to feel stunned or bewildered; furious (of combat)
kecap
taste; enjoy
kawasan
area; region
mengecap: to taste; to enjoy
kebal
impenetrable; immune; invulnerable; exempt
kekebalan: immunity
kawat
cable; wire
kecapi
lute
kebas
numb
kawat berduri
barbed wire
kecewa
disappointed; frustrated
kekebasan: numbness
kekecewaan: disappointment; frustration
mengecewakan: to disappoint; to frustrate
kaya
kebil
rich; wealthy
to blink (of eyes)
kaya anak: having many children
kaya raya: very rich
kekayaan: wealth
memperkayakan: to enrich
terkaya: richest
terkebil-kebil: blinking (of eyes)
kecil
small
kecil hati: hurt (of feelings)
kecil-kecilan: small scale
memperkecilkan: to belittle
kebun
garden; plantation
berkebun: to do gardening; to do farming
pekebun: gardener; farmer
perkebunan: gardening; farming
kayangan
fairyland; very beautiful place
kayap
berkecimpung: to dabble; to plunge in; to be involved; to
participate
kecai
shingles
shattered
berkecai: to shatter; shattered
kayu
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kecimpung
dabble; plunge in; splash; be involved; participate
kecoh
uproar; outcry
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kedap udara: airtight
berkejap: to blink
kekecohan: uproar; outcry
kedek
kecuali
kejar
waddle (like a duck)
chase
terkedek-kedek: to waddle (like a duck)
mengejar: to chase
berkejar-kejaran: to chase one another
terkejar-kejar: in a hurry
except; exempt
berkecuali: neutral
kekecualian: exception
mengecualikan: to exclude; to exempt
pengecualian: exemption
kedekut
stingy
keji
despicable; contemptible
kecundang
defeated; beaten
mengeji: to despise; to discredit
kedip
blink; twinkle; flicker
kecur
Kejora
mouth-watering
Venus
kedut
crease; wrinkle
kedutan: crease; wrinkle
berkedut: wrinkled
mengedutkan: to cause to be creased or wrinkled
kecut
shrink; shrivel; contract
kecut hati: afraid
mengecutkan: to shrink
pengecut: coward
kehel
keju
cheese
kejur
sprain
stiff
terkehel: sprained
kedai
shop
kejut
shock
berkedai: to be a shopkeeper
pekedai: shopkeeper
kejam
cruel
terkejut: shocked
kejutan: great shock
mengejut: sudden
mengejutkan: to shock; to startle; to surprise
kekejaman: cruelty
kedal
skin disease of hands and feet
kejang
cramp; inflexible; stiff
kekal
everlasting; eternal; permanent
kedang
kekejangan: cramps
outstretched (of limb)
berkekalan: to be everlasting; to be permanent
mengekalkan: to perpetuate
kejap
kedap
moment
impervious; sealed
kekek
sekejap: a moment
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giggle; chortle
soon after
kelapa
terkekek-kekek: to giggle; to chortle
mengekek: to giggle
coconut
kelapa kering: copra
kelakar
funny; antic; joke
kekang
bridle; means of restraint
berkelakar: to joke; to jest
kelapa sawit
oil palm
earthenware pitcher; flask
kelar
kekangan: constraint; restriction
kelalang
kekok
(1) nick; small cut (2) segment of centipede
clumsy
kelam
dusky; gloomy; dim
kelasi
kekuda
sailor
trestle
kelam-kabut: chaotic
kekelaman: gloom
kelat
kelabu
bitterish in taste
grey
kelambu
mosquito-net
kelawar
keladak
bat (animal)
dregs; sediment
kelamin
couple
sekelamin: a pair; a couple
keldai
keladi
ass; donkey
yam
kelamun
daydream
kelah
kelecek
dribble (in football)
mengelamun: to daydream
picnic
mengelecek: to dribble (in football)
berkelah: to picnic
perkelahan: a picnic
kelana
wanderer
berkelana: to wander
kelahi
keledek
sweet potato
quarrel
berkelahi: to quarrel
perkelahian: a quarrel
kelak
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kelangkang
crotch; groin
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kelek-kelek
armrest
kelemayar
glow-worm
kelip
blink; twinkle; wink
berkelip-kelip: to blink; to twinkle; to wink
sekelip mata: in a wink
keletah
coquettish
kelemayuh
gangrene
kelip-kelip
firefly
keli
river catfish
kelemumur
dandruff
keliru
keliar
puzzled; confused; bewildered
to gallivant; to prowl
kelengkeng
little finger
kekeliruan: confusion; bewilderment
mengelirukan: to confuse; puzzling; to bewilder
terkeliru: puzzled; confused; bewildered
kelibat
double-headed paddle
kelenjar
gland
kelmarin
kelicap
day before yesterday
sun-bird
kelentang
clanking sound
kelok
kelikir
crook; bend; curve
gravel; rattan ring
kelenting
berkelok: bent; curved
clanging noise
keliling
around
kelentong
(1) to bluff (2) hawker's rattle
kelola
berkeliling: around
mengelilingi: to encircle; to surround; to go around; to
encompass
pekeliling: circular
sekeliling: surrounding
kelentit
clitoris
organise
mengelola: to organise; to manage
kelolaan: management
mengelolakan: to organise
pengelola: organiser
pengelolaan: organisation; supervision
kelim
hem (of cloth); seam
kelepet
lapel
kelompok
batch; cluster; group
berkelompok-kelompok: in groups; in clusters
mengelompokkan: to put into groups
kelinci
hare
kelepur
flutter
mengelepur: to flutter
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part of telephone on which the receiver rests
berkeluarga: having a family
kekeluargaan: family; kinship
kemarau
drought
kelonet
measly; meagre
kelubung
kemaruk
veil; hood
rapacious; ravenous; very hungry or greedy
berkelubung: veiled; hooded
kelong
fish tunnel net
kemas
orderly; neat; tidy
keluh
sigh
kelongsong
leaf or paper cone used as container or wrapper
kemaskini: update
berkemas: to pack; to clear away
mengemaskan: to arrange; to tidy up; to pack
mengemaskinikan: to update
keluhan: a sigh; a moan
berkeluh-kesah: to moan
mengeluh: to moan; to sigh
kelontong
haberdashery
kematu
keluk
corn (hardened area of skin)
curve; bend
kelopak
berkeluk-keluk: winding
sepal; calyx
kembali
return; over again
kelopak bunga: sepal; calyx
kelopak mata: eyelid
keluli
mengembalikan: to return something
pengembalian: restoration
steel
kelu
speechless
kelumit
kemban
morsel; very small amount
cloth tied above the bosom
berkemban: to tie the cloth (sarong) above the bosom
keluang
flying fox
kelupas
peel off
kembang
keluar
mengelupas: to peel off; to come off
expand; enlarge; blossom
bezoar
berkembang: to expand; to enlarge; to blossom
mengembangkan: to develop; to cause to expand
memperkembangkan: to develop; to cause to expand
perkembangan: development
go out; exit
keluaran: publication; product; made in
mengeluarkan: to bring out; to publish; to produce
pengeluar: producer
pengeluaran: production
terkeluar: excluded; expressed
kemala
kemanakan
nephew; niece
kembar
twin
keluarga
family
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kembara
explore; wander
kempas-kempis
inflate and deflate
mengembara: to explore; to wander
pengembara: explorer; wanderer
pengembaraan: exploration; adventure
kenal
know; recognise
kenalan: acquaintance
berkenalan: having acquaintance with
mengenal: to know; to recognise
mengenali: to know; to recognise; to identify
memperkenalkan: to introduce
pengenalan: identification; introduction
perkenalan: acquaintance
terkenal: famous; well-known
kempis
shrink
kembiri
castrate
mengempiskan: to deflate
kemboja
kempunan
longing for
frangipani
kenan
agree; assent
kembu
berkenan: to agree; to assent
memperkenankan: to approve
perkenan: approval; consent
kemudi
creel; angler's basket
helm; rudder
mengemudikan: to steer
pengemudi: helmsman
kembung
kenang
flatulent; distended from pressure within
recall
kemudian
then; later; afterwards
mengenang: to recall
kenang-kenangan: souvenir; reminiscence
kenangan: memory; remembrance; nostalgia
mengenangkan: to recall
terkenang: reminiscent
kemeja
shirt
mengemudiankan: to postpone; to delay
terkemudian: last
kemelut
crucial or critical; crisis; emergency
kemuncak
peak; summit
kenapa
why
kemenyan
incense
kemuncup
love grass
kencang
boisterous; strong (of wind)
kemik
dent; dented
kena
incur; strike; touch
kena-mengena: connection; relation
berkenaan: in connection with; in relation to
mengenai: in connection with; regarding
mengenakan: to impose
terkena: affected; tricked
kemis
beg
mengemis: to beg
pengemis: beggar
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kencing
urine
kencing manis
diabetes mellitus
kepak
wing
kendali
kenit
conduct; manage; operate; hold the reins
mengendalikan: to manage; to conduct; to operate; to handle;
to hold the reins
kendalian: operation; management
berkepak: winged
berkepak-kepak: to flap (for wings)
tiny; midget; dwarf
kental
thick (of fluid)
kepal
potato
kepalan
flatulence
kepala
lump
kendati
although
kentang
kenderaan
vehicle
kentut
lump
(1) head (2) chief person
terkentut: passed flatus
kepala angin: moody
mengepalai: to be the leader
kendi
(1) cylindrical glass or earthenware jar (2) curlew
kenyal
pliable; elastic
kendong
kepalang
little
carry something in the folds of a sarong
mengendong: to carry something in the folds of a sarong
kenyang
sated (with food)
keparat
non-believer
kekenyangan: fullness (of stomach)
mengenyangkan: to satiate
kendur
loose; slack; not taut
mengendur: to slacken; to sag
mengendurkan: to slacken; to loosen
kepialu
typhoid
kenyit
wink; blink
mengenyit: to wink; to blink
kenduri
kepil
a feast
attach
kepada
to (person)
kengkang
to walk with legs wide apart
keping
piece; sheet
kepah
mussel
kepingan: pieces; sheet
berkeping-keping: in pieces; fragmented
kening
eyebrow
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kepit
clerk
(1) fasten with a clip (2) a clip (3) hold under the arm
mengepit: (1) to fasten with a clip (2) to hold under the arm
keraian
festival; entertainment
keranjang
crate; basket
crust (e.g of bread)
kerap
kepiting
soft-shelled crab
kerak
frequent; close (of texture)
kepompong
chrysalis; pupa
kekerapan: frequency
kerakal
pebble
keras
kepuk
hard; firm; harsh; stiff; loud
rice barn
keramat
berkeras: to act harshly; stubborn
kekerasan: force; power; might
mengeraskan: to harden; to make loud
keras hati: stubborn; indomitable
one having supernatural powers
kepul
thick puff (e.g.of smoke)
kerambit
small sickle with curved end
kepulan: a cloud of smoke
kerat
cut; incise
keran
kepung
mengerat: to cut; to incise
keratan: a slice; a piece
keratan akhbar: news clip
faucet; tap
besiege
berkepung: to besiege
kepungan: siege; blockade
mengepung: to besiege
pengepungan: siege; blockade
terkepung: besieged; surrounded
kerana
because; for the sake of
kerawang
fretwork
coffin; casket
kerawit
keranda
kera
monkey
pin-worm
cacing kerawit: pin-worm
kerang
cockle; shellfish
kerabat
kinship; relatives
kerbau
buffalo
kerangka
framework; chassis; carcass; draft
kerah
kerbau pendek: pig
call up (into the armed forces)
mengerahkan: to call up (into the armed forces)
kerahan: conscription
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kerani
kerdil
(1) cretinous; dwarfish (2) cretin; dwarf
chirp
kerdip
kerjasama: cooperation
bekerja: to work; working
bekerjasama: to cooperate
pekerja: worker
pekerjaan: occupation; work
kerjatangan: handiwork; handicraft
kerikil
twinkle; wink
pebble
kerek
kering
apparatus for hoisting things
dry
kerjaya
twisted
kering-kontang: parched; arid
kekeringan: dryness
mengeringkan: to dry something
pengering rambut: hair dryer
kerkah
kerekot
career
crunch noisily with the teeth
keringat
kerenah
sweat
whim; caprice
kerkap
a crunching sound
berkeringat: to sweat; sweating
kerengga
kerlap
red ant
kerinting
a short nap
frizzy; a perm or artificial wave in the hair
kerepek
fried chips of banana, tapioca, sweet potato, etc.
kerling
kerip
glance sideways briefly
nip with the front teeth
mengerling: to glance sideways briefly
kerlingan: a brief glance
kereta
car; carriage
keris
Malay dagger
keretapi: train
kereta sorong: wheelbarrow
kereta jenazah: hearse
kerlip
flicker; wink
kerlipan: a flicker
kerisik
(1) dry old banana fronds (2) rustling of dry leaves
keretek
a type of cigarette containing tobacco and cloves
kernyih
grin
keriting
curly
keria
mengeritingkan: to curl
crane (bird)
keroncong
(1) a kind of traditional Malay music (2) rumbling sound from
hungry stomach
kerja
kericau
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keroncongan: a type of plant
authenticity; legality; legitimacy
kerudung
cowl
kerongkong
throat
kesak
move on slowly
kerongkongan: throat
keruh
cloudy (of liquid); turbid
kekeruhan: turbidity
kesal
kerongsang
brooch
regretable; deplorable; regret
kerumun
besiege; throng; swarm
keropok
(1) effect; impression (2) indelible (of a mark)
berkerumun: to besiege; to throng; to swarm
mengerumuni: to crowd around; to swarm; to besiege
crackers or chips (usually made from shrimps)
kersang
kesan
barren; dry
keruping
grit
kerusi
kesan jari: fingerprint
kesan sampingan: side effect
berkesan: effective
keberkesanan: effectiveness
mengesan: to track down
scab; crust or clotted blood on a wound
kesat
kersik
(1) abusive; crude-mannered (2) coarse or rough in texture
chair
mengesat: to wipe
mengesatkan: to make rough
pengesat kaki: doormat
kerusi roda: wheelchair
pengerusi: chairman
mempengerusikan: to chair
kertak
gnash or grind (one's teeth)
kesatria
kerut
kertas
warrior
frown
paper
kerutan: wrinkle
berkerut: wrinkled; to frown
mengerutkan: to frown
kesot
drag
kertau
mulberry
berkesot: to drag
mengesot: to drag
kerutu
rough to the touch
keruan
certain; definite
ketak
cackle (of hens)
kesah
restless
kerubung
swarm
ketam
(1) crab (2) reap or harvest (3) plane (of wood)
kesahan
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mengetam: (1) to reap or harvest (2) to plane (of wood)
keting
ketumbit
part of the leg just above the heel
stye
ketap
(1) clench; grit (2) plain; evident
ketingting
hopscotch
ketupat
cooked rice packed in palm leaves
ketar
doddery; trembling
khabar
ketip
news
sting of a mosquito bite; pinch
khabarnya: it is said
mengkhabarkan: to inform
ketara
conspicuous; obvious
ketitir
turtle-dove
khadam
ketat
household servant; subordinate assistant
tight; taut
mengetatkan: to tighten
memperketatkan: to tighten; to make more strict
ketua
chief; leader; headman
khalayak
mengetuai: to lead; to head
pengetua: principal
creature; mankind; God's creations
ketawa
laugh; laughter
khalifah
mengetawakan: to laugh it out
ketuhar
caliph
oven
ketemu
khalwat
meet
ketuk
state of an unmarried couple being together in seclusion
knock
berketuk: to crow like a rooster; to rap (of engine)
mengetuk: to knock; to strike
ketukan: a knock
ketiak
armpit
ketul
ketik
a lump
clack (short sharp sound)
Khamis
Thursday
khas
special
seketul: a lump
berketul-ketul: lumpy
ketika
khasiat
juncture; point of time; moment; when
nutrient
ketumbar
seketika: a moment
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berkhasiat: nutritious
pengkhianat: traitor
pengkhianatan: betrayal; treachery
khat
hand-writing
kiamat
doomsday; day of judgement
khidmat
khatam
serve; work
end; conclude; complete
berkhidmat: to serve; to work
perkhidmatan: service
kiambang
water-lily
khatan
circumcision
khilaf
mengkhatankan: to circumcise
blunder; mistake
kian
this much
sekian: that's all
khatib
khuatir
preacher in mosque
worried; afraid
kias
analogy
khatulistiwa
equator
khunsa
khayal
khusus
mengias: to hint at
mengiaskan: to make an analogy
hermaphrodite
kibar
daydream; fantasy; imagination
special; specific; exclusive
fly (of flag)
berkhayal: to daydream; to fantasise
khayalan: daydream; fantasy; imagination
mengkhayalkan: to fantasise
mengkhusus: to specialise
mengkhususkan: to make special
pengkhususan: specialisation
berkibar: to fly (a flag)
mengibarkan: to wave or fly (a flag)
kibas
khazanah
treasury
khusyuk
fan vigorously; flap
(1) engrossed (2) humility
mengibaskan: to fan vigorously; to flap
khemah
khutbah
camp; tent
sermon
berkhemah: to camp
perkhemahan: camping
berkhutbah: to deliver a sermon
pengkhutbah: preacher
kiblat
direction of Mecca
kicap
ketchup
khianat
kial
betrayal; treachery
struggling; having difficulty
mengkhianat: to betray
mengkhianati: to betray
terkial-kial: to struggle; to have difficulty
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kicau
chirp
mengilatkan: to polish; to make shiny
pengilat: polishing wax
berkicau: to chirp
kicauan: a bird's chirp
kira
(1) calculate; compute; count (2) regard as; suppose
kilau
kidal
glossy; sparkling; glittering
kira-kira: (1) approximately (2) arithmetic
kiraan: calculation
kiranya: in case; if
berkira: calculated
mengira: to calculate; to count; to compute
mengira-ngira: to estimate
pengiraan: act of counting; calculation; estimation
left-handed
berkilau-kilau: to sparkle; to glitter
kilau-kamilau: glossy
kilauan: gloss; luminosity; sparkle; glitter
kijang
deer
kili-kili
spool
kirai
kikir
shake out; winnow (rice)
(1) stingy (2) a file (for smoothening things)
kilir
sharpener; strop
kiri
kikis
mengilir: to sharpen
scrape off
left
mengikis: to scrape off
kimia
kirim
chemistry
send
kilan
berkirim: to send
kiriman: something that is sent; consignment
mengirimkan: to send
pengiriman: shipment; delivery
pengirim: sender
dissatisfied; discontented
terkilan: dissatisfied; discontented
kimpal
solid
kimpalan: welding
kilang
(1) factory (2) gland
kisah
mengilang: to manufacture; to produce
perkilangan: manufacturing
story
kincir
water-wheel or wind-mill; spool; reel
mengisahkan: to narrate
pengisahan: narration
kincir air: water-wheel
kincir angin: windmill
kilap
lustrous
kisar
kilapan: lustre
rotate; revolve
kini
now
berkisar: to revolve; to rotate
mengisarkan: to grind; to grate
pengisaran: rotation; gyration; grinding
kilat
(1) lightning (2) brightness; shine
kipas
a fan
berkilat: to shine; to flash
berkilat-kilat: shining; glittering; glossy
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kismis
raisin
kodok
kita
frog
kongkong
pillory
we; us
kohong
kitab
kongsi
fetid; stinking
association; partnership
book
berkongsi: to enter into a partnership
perkongsian: partnership
kokok
kitar
crow
surrounding
berkokok: to crow
konon
sekitar: surrounding
it is said
kolah
kitaran
square stone or cement water tank
kontang
cycle of events
dry; parched
kolam
kobar
pond
konyong
ardent; full of enthusiasm; flare up
abrupt; sudden; curt
berkobar: to flare up
sekonyong-konyong: sudden; abrupt; curt
kole
mug
kocak
kopak
agitate; shake briskly; stir
dilapidated; in disrepair
kolek
berkocak: agitated; stirred
kocakan: agitation
mengocak-ngocakkan: to agitate
kopak-kapik: dilapidated; in disrepair
mengopak: to break open
canoe
kolot
old-fashioned; out-of-date
kocek
kopek
peel
pocket
mengopek: to peel
terkopek: peeled off
kompang
shallow drum
kocok
to shake; to mix; to incite
kopi
coffee
komplot
conspiracy
kodi
a score (twenty)
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kopiah
Malay cap
menguasai: to dominate; to manage
kekuasaan: power
koyak
korban
tear; torn
sacrifice
kuat
mengoyakkan: to tear
terkoyak: torn
berkorban: to offer as sacrifice
mengorbankan: to sacrifice
terkorban: killed
pengorbanan: a sacrifice
strong
kekuatan: strength; power
menguatkan: to strengthen
ku
I; me (abbreviation of 'aku')
kuatkuasa
enforce; authority
korek
dig
berkuatkuasa: to be in effect; to be enforced
menguatkuasakan: to enforce; to implement; to impose
penguatkuasa: enforcement officer
penguatkuasaan: enforcement
kuaci
mengorek: to dig
pengorek: excavator; spade; digger
dried melon seed
kuah
korok
gravy
a burrow
kubah
dome
kuak
kosong
croak; bellow
empty; vacant
kubang
mud-hole
menguak: to croak: to bellow
kekosongan: emptiness; vacancy
mengosongkan: to empty; to vacate
berkubang: to wallow
kuala
estuary; confluence of rivers
kota
kubis
fort; city
cabbage
mengotakan: to fortify
kuali
frying-pan
kubu
fortress
kotak
box
kuap
yawn
kotor
dirty
kekotoran: dirtiness
mengotorkan: to dirty
pengotor: a dirty person
kotoran: dirt
lemur
kubur
grave
kuasa
power; authority; strength
berkuasa: having the power or authority
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menguap: to yawn
terkuap-kuap: yawning repeatedly
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menguburkan: to bury (the dead)
perkuburan: graveyard
kuku
nail; claw
kucai
kudrat
chive (vegetable)
God's might
kukuh
strong; firm
kucar-kacir
in complete confusion
kudung
kucing
kudup
mengukuhkan: to strengthen
maimed
cat
kukur
grater; scraper
bud
mengukur: to grate; to scrape
pengukur: grater; scraper
kucup
kudus
kiss
holy; sacred; blessed
kukus
mengucup: to kiss
kucupan: a kiss
steam
kugiran
mengukus: to steam
musical group
kuda
horse
kuda lumba: race-horse
kuda padi: short-legged horse for riding
memperkuda: to use as a horse; to exploit
kulai
kuih
droop; dangle
cake; cookie
terkulai: drooping; dangling
kuil
temple
kuda belang
zebra
kulapuk
mildew
kuinin
quinine
kuda-kuda
trestle; easel
kulat
fungus; mushroom
kuis
kick aside; shove
kudap
snack
kuli
unskilled labourer
menguiskan: to kick aside; to shove
berkuli: to work as a labourer
kudapan: snack
kuit
touch with the fingertips
kudis
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lecture
skin sore
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kumparan
bobbin
kundur
wax-gourd
kulit
skin
kumpul
menguliti: to peel; to skin
gather; collect; assemble
kuning
yellow
berkumpul: to gather; to assemble
kumpulan: group; collection
mengumpulkan: to collect
pengumpul: collector
perkumpulan: association; union; assembly
sekumpulan: a group
kulum
suck (keep in the mouth)
mengulum: to suck (keep in the mouth)
kekuningan: yellowish
menguning: to turn yellow; to ripen
kunjung
visit
kumuh
kulup
berkunjung: to visit
kunjungan: a visit
mengunjungi: to visit
pengunjung: visitor; tourist
excrete
foreskin
kumur
kumai
gargle
moulding
kuno
berkumur: to gargle
ancient; old-fashioned
kuman
germ
kunang-kunang
firefly
kuntum
flower bud
sekuntum: a flower
kumandang
echo
kunci
key; lock
kunyah
mengunci: to lock
menguncikan: to lock; to fasten
kumat-kamit
mumble
chew
mengunyah: to chew
terkumat-kamit: mumbling
kuncup
close; contract
kunyit
turmeric
kumbang
menguncup: to contract
menguncupkan: to close; to furl
terkuncup: furled
beetle
kupang
an old type of coin
kumis
moustache
kundang
a page boy
kupas
peel; analyse
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mengutip: (1) to pick; to collect (2) to cite; to quote
kutipan: citation; quotation
mengupas: to peel; to analyse
kupasan: analysis
kurun
century
kutu
kuping
louse; flea
ear; scab
kurung
confine; imprison
kutub
kupu-kupu
butterfly
kurungan: (1) prison; cage; coop (2) bracket (in writing)
berkurung: confined; imprisoned
mengurung: to confine; to imprison
pole (of earth's axis or magnet)
kutuk
kura-kura
tortoise
curse; condemn
kurus
thin; lean
kutukan: anathema; a curse; condemnation
mengutuk: to curse; to condemn
terkutuk: cursed; damned
kurus kering: emaciated
kurang
less; insufficient; deficient
kurang-kurang: less
berkurangan: lacking
kekurangan: shortage; lack; deficit
mengurangkan: to reduce
sekurang-kurangnya: at least
kusam
kuyu
matt or dull (of a surface)
kusta
dewy-eyed; sad
kuyup
leprosy
drenched
kurap
ringworm
kusut
dishevelled; ruffled; tangled; kinky
kurma
kekusutan: confusion; complication
mengusutkan: to entangle; to perplex; to confuse
(1) a date (fruit) (2) a spicy dish
kurnia
kutak
bestow; award
shake violently
mengurniai: to award; to bestow
mengurniakan: to award; to bestow
pengurniaan: bestowal; awarding
kutang
bodice; brassiere
kursus
course (of study)
kutip
(1) pick; collect (2) cite; quote
berkursus: to attend a course
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again; still; and; also; more; additional
lacur
indecent; obscene
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L
lagi-lagi
again and again
lada
chillies; pepper
lagipun
moreover; besides
laba
profit
ladam
horseshoe
lagu
song
labah-labah
spider
ladang
estate; farm; plantation
lahad
niche for the corpse in a Muslim grave
labang
hard of hearing
laden
to serve; to wait on
lahap
(1)gluttonous; greedy (2)to eat greedily
labi-labi
river turtle
lading
(1)a type of broad and curved chopper (2)a dug-out canoe
lahar
lava
labu
gourd
lafaz
utterance
lahir
born
labuci
sequin; spangle
laga
clash; collide; fight
laici
lychee
labuh
(1)hanging down; long (of dress) (2)to anchor
lagak
manner; conduct; behaviour; swank
laidaun
blade (e.g. of grass)
labur
to invest
lagang
to begin weaving
lain
other; different
laci
drawer
lagi
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lain-lainnya
etcetera; others
laksa
a preparation of noodles
lali
immune
lajak
fast; outspoken
laksamana
admiral
lalu
to pass; to make way; to elapse (of time)
laju
fast
laksana
to perform; to execute; to accomplish
lalu lintas
traffic
lajur
column (e.g. of troops)
laku
(1)to happen; to occur (2)marketable
lalu-lalang
passing back and forth
lakar
to sketch; to outline
lakur
fuse; blend
laluan
passage
lakaran
a sketch
lala
a type of sea mollusc
lalut
disjointed (of talk)
laki
husband
lalah
to gobble
lama
old; a long time
laki-laki
male
lalai
careless; negligent; indifferent
lama-lama
finally
laknat
to damn; to curse; a curse
lalak
to yell
lama-lamaan
in the long run
lakon
to act (in a play or film)
lalang
long-bladed grass
lamar
to put forward; to propose
lakonan
an act; a play; a drama
lalat
a fly (insect)
lamaran
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proposal; application
lampau
abysmal; extreme; excessive
lancang
(1)outspoken; cheeky (2)a swift-sailing yacht
lambai
to wave
lampin
napkin; diaper
lancar
fluent; smooth
lambak
disorderly heap
lampir
to affix; to attach; to enclose
lancip
tapered
lambang
symbol; emblem;
lampiran
attachment; enclosure; appendix
lancong
to travel or tour
lambat
slow; late
lampu
lamp
lancung
phoney; sham; false
lambat-laun
sooner or later
lampung
float
lancur
to gush out
lambuk
friable
lamun
to day-dream
landa
to enter forcefully; to hit; to strike
lambung
(1)to lob; to toss up; to bounce up (2)bulwark
lamunan
a day-dream
landai
gently sloping
lamin
bridal dais
lanar
alluvium
landak
porcupine; hedgehog
lampai
lanky; slim
lanau
silt
landas
base; foundation
lampan
tin mine
lanca
rickshaw
landasan
rail
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baluster
lanjutan
continuation
langah
to open widely
langkas
fall of the fruit; end of fruit season
lantai
floor
langak
to search
langkau
to skip or omit
lantak
hammer
langau
bluebottle fly
langkup
overturned or upside-down
lantang
clarion; audible; loud
langgai
the shell of leguminous seeds
langsai
to settle or clear (of debt)
lantar
to put forward
langgan
to subscribe
langsing
slender; slim and graceful
lantas
forthwith; straight away
langganan
subscription
langsir
curtain
lantik
to appoint
langgar
to collide
langsuir
a female vampire
lantikan
appointment
langit
sky
langsung
direct
lantun
to bounce; to rebound
langit-langit
canopy
lanjur
to expand
lantur
to digress; to deviate
langkah
a step
lanjut
continuous
lanun
pirate
langkan
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to smoothen with a lathe; to carve
lanyak
to trample
lapor
to report
laris
in damand; marketable
lap
to wipe; to mop
laporan
a report
larut
(1)dissolving; melting (2)late (of night)
lapah
to skin; to devour
lapuk
mouldy; stale
lasak
durable
lapan
eight
lara
heartache; sorrow
lasam
faded
lapang
spacious; roomy; open and wide; free (of time)
laram
stylish; showy
lastik
catapult
lapangan
(1)field (2)sphere of interest
larang
to prohibit; to forbid
lata
(1)to creep (2)cascade; waterfall
lapangan terbang
airfield
larangan
prohibition
latah
to say or do something unconsciously out of shock or fright
lapar
hungry
laras
barrel (e.g. of gun)
latar
setting
lapik
underlayer; lining
larat
able; dragging on
latar belakang
background
to run
latih
lapis
layered
lari
to train; to practise
lapisan
layer; class
larik
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latihan
training; practice;
lawak
comedy
layur
to parch
latihan asas
basic training
lawan
opponent; opposite
lazat
delicious; tasty
latuk
a type of large knife curved at the top
lawan dalam
infighting
lazim
habitual; usual
lau burung
aviary
lawat
to visit
lebah
bee
lauk
a cooked dish of fish, meat, etc
lawatan
a visit
lebam
bruise
lauk-pauk
a variety of cooked dishes
layak
qualified; fit; suitable; eligible; competent
lebar
wide; broad
laung
to shout; to call loudly
layan
to serve (food); to entertain
lebarnya
width; breadth
laungan
a shout; a loud cry
layanan
hospitality; service
lebat
dense (of foliage or hair); heavy (of rain)
laut
sea
layang-layang
kite
lebih
more; extra
lautan
ocean
layar
to sail; a sail
lebihan
excess
lawa
pretty; elegant
layu
wilted; withered
lebih kurang
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approximately; more or less
ledakan
explosion; detonation
lekap
to cuddle; to sit or lie close to; to stick to
lebih-lebih lagi
especially
lega
relieved (e.g. from pain, anxiety, discomfort)
lekar
stand for cooking pots
lebuh
avenue
legam
pitch; dark; deep (of colour)
lekas
quickly; fast
lebuhraya
highway
legap
opaque
lekat
to adhere; to stick
lebur
molten
legar
to revolve
lekit
sticky
lecah
muddy; sloppy
legeh
watershed
lekuk
hollow; concavity; dent
leceh
troublesome; worthless
legup-legap
sound of heartbeat; throbbing sound
lekuk-lekak
bumpy
lecek
mashed
leher
neck
lekung
sunken
lecet
footsore
leka
lax; slack; not strict; absorbed; carried away
lelabah
spider
lecur
blistered; scalded
lekah
crack; groove; crevice (e.g. in wood)
lelah
(1)tired; exhausted (2)asthma; wheezing
ledak
to blow up with explosives
lekang
not adhering; cracking (from heat)
lelai
droop (of branch, coconut leaf, etc)
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ancestor
lembah
valley
lelaki
male; man
lelurah
gully
lembap
moist; humid; damp
lelangit
palate
lemah
weak; feeble; frail
lembar
a strand; numeral coefficient for paper, thread
lelap
asleep
lemah gemalai
graceful
lembaran
sheet (of paper)
lelas
abrasive
lemah hati
soft-hearted
lembik
flaccid
lelasan
abrasion
lemah lembut
gentle; graceful
lembing
javelin; spear
leleh
to trickle; to ooze
lemah semangat
weak-willed
lembu
cow
lelong
auction
lemak
fat; fatty
lembung
inflatable
lelopak
chamber holding cartridges (in a gun) or slides (in a projector)
lemang
glutinous rice and coconut milk cooked in bamboo
lembur
overtime
leluasa
unlimited; uncontrolled; unrestrained
lemas
suffocation (in smoke, gas or by drowning)
lembut
soft; gentle
lelucon
humour
lembaga
(1)board; governing body (2)embryo; foetus
lempang
to slap; to smack; to hit
leluhur
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a type of root resembling ginger
lempar
to hurl; to fling
lendut
sagging
lengkung
curve; arc
lempeng
a kind of cake; pancake
lengah
to dilly-dally; to dawdle; to idle
lengkungan
curvature
arm; forearm
lenguh
lempuk
a cake made from durian or jackfruit cooked with sugar
lengan
to moo
lempung
soft and light
lengan baju
sleeve
lengung
to brood
lena
sound asleep
lengang
desolate; deserted; uninhabited
lentam-lentum
loud sound like that of a cannon
moist; humid; clammy
lentik
lencana
badge
lengas
somewhat curved
lencong
to divert; to detour; to deviate
lenggang
to swing the arms; to sway the head and body
lenting
to rebound; to spring back
lencongan
a detour; a diversion; a deviation
lenggok
gait
lentok
to incline the head
lendap
a clot
lengkap
complete; equipped
lentuk
a bend
lendir
mucus
lengkok
curve; bend; arc
lentur
flexible; supple
lendung
to sag
lengkuas
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lenyak
sound asleep
lereng
a slope
letup
to explode
lenyap
to disappear; to vanish
leret
too long and trailing
letupan
explosion
lepa
plaster; mortar
lesap
to disappear; to vanish
letus
to erupt
lepak
(1)very white; fair (2)to sit in a lazy way
leset
feeling depressed
lewat
late
lepas
(1)after; past (2)to free
lesi
looking drawn and sickly
liang
a hole; a burrow
lepasan
a graduate or school-leaver
lesu
listless; drawn
liar
wild; uncivilized
lepat
a type of cake steamed in banana leaves
lesung
rice mortar
liat
hard; firm
leper
flat-surfaced
letak
to place; to put; to lay
libat
to involve
lepuh
blister
leter
to nag
libur
holiday
lepur
to die through suffocation in mud
leteran
chatter
licik
cunning; crafty; shrewd
lerai
to disengage; to break up
letih
tired; weary
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smooth
lima
five
lincir
smooth (in moving)
lidah
tongue
limau
orange; lime; lemon
lindung
to take refuge or shelter
lidas
itchy (of tongue) after eating sour fruit
limau gedang
grapefruit
lindungan
haven; refuge
lidi
vein of coconut palm frond
limau nipis
lime
lingga
colossus
ligat
spinning fast
limbang
to pan (in search of gold ore)
lingkar
a coil
lihat
to look at
limbungan
dockyard
lingkaran
a convolution; a coil
likat
thick and sticky
limpa
spleen
lingkung
to surround; to encircle
liku
meandering or winding course
limpah
to overflow
lingkungan
encirclement; enclosure; sphere
(1)in layers (2)excessive debt
lingkup
lilin
candle; wax
limpap
cover
lilit
to entwine
linang
to flow (for tears or sweat)
lintah
leech
lilitan
circumference
lincah
nimble
lintang
horizontal
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oral; verbal
lodeh
mixed vegetables cooked to pulp
lintang-pukang
helter-skelter
lisut
shrunken; soft
logam
metal
lintas
to pass by; to cross
litar
circuit
logamaya
mirage
covered and concealed
loghat
lipan
centipede
litup
dialect; slang
lipas
cockroach
liuk
to snake; to sway
lohong
hole
lipat
to fold
liwat
sodomy
loji
industrial plant; factory; industrial site
lipatan
a fold
loba
grasping; greedy for money or possessions
lok
curve of a kris
lipit
narrow hem
lobak
radish
lokek
mean; miserly; stingy
lipur
to comfort; to console
lobak merah
carrot
lolong
a loud cry; a howl
liput
to cover; to comprise
loceng
bell
lombong
mine for extracting metal, coal, etc
liputan
coverage; inclusion
lodak
sediment
lombong bijih
tin mine
lisan
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a type of Malay food made of rice and gravy
lompang
vacant; empty; a vacuole; an air pocket
longgar
loose; diffuse
lopak
puddle
lompat
to jump; to leap
longgok
a heap or mass; a pile
lopong
agape; empty
lompatan
a jump; a leap
longgokan
a heap
lorek
stripe; band
lompat bergalah
pole vault
longkah
easily peeled off (e.g. flesh from the seed)
lori
truck; lorry
lompat jauh
long jump
longkang
drain
lorong
lane; path
lompat kijang
triple jump; hop, step and jump
longlai
swaying of body; weak
loteng
attic
lompat tinggi
high jump
lonjak
to gambol; to jump about playfully
lotong
black long-tailed monkey
loncat
to hop
lonjakan
gamboling movement
loya
nausea
loncatan
a hop
lonjong
oval; ovoid
loyang
brass
londeh
to slip off or drop (as for sarong)
lontar
to throw; to hurl
luah
to eject; to spit out
long
a bottomless coffin
lontong
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luak
decreased in quantity
luas
wide; broad
lukis
to draw
luang
free
luat
to feel nauseated; to feel disgusted; to despise
lukisan
drawing
luap
to boil over
lubang
hole
luluh
crushed to powder
luar
outside
lubuk
gulf; deep part of a river
lulur
to gulp
luaran
exterior
lucah
obscene; lewd
lulus
to pass
luar bandar
rural
lucu
funny; comical
lumang
luar batas
off limit
to smear
lucut
denude
lumas
luar biasa
extraordinary
to paint
ludah
saliva
lumat
luar dalam
inside out
fine (powdery)
luhur
majestic; noble
lumayan
luar negara
overseas; abroad
handsome (of amount); sufficient
luka
wound; injury
lumba
luar nikah
out of wedlock
to race
lukah
fish trap
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lumba-lumba
dolphin
lungkup
upside down
lusa
day after tomorrow
lumpuh
paralysis; paralytic
lungsur
to slide down
lusuh
worn out; faded
lumpur
mud
lunjur
to stretch out the legs
lut
penetrative
lumrah
normal
luntur
to discolour or fade
lutcahaya
translucent
lumur
to smear with fat during cooking
lupa
to forget
lutsinar
transparent
lumuran
a smear
luput
expiry; termination of validity
lutut
knee
lumut
moss; lichen
lurah
valley; groove
luyu
sleepy
lunak
mellow; soft
luru
to dash
M
lunas
(1)main point; source (2)keel
luruh
to drop
maaf
forgiveness
luncur
to glide
lurus
(1)straight (2)frank; honest
maafkan saya
excuse me; forgive me
lundi
grub
lurut
to rub; to smoothen with fingers
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mabuk
drunk
mabuk asmara
love sick
carnivorous
mahkamah
court of law
great
mahkota
maha
royal crown
mabuk laut
seasick
mahaguru
great teacher; professor
mahligai
palace
Mac
March
maha kuasa
almighty
mahsul
products of a country
macam
like; kind; sort; type
mahal
expensive
mahu
to want; to desire
macang
horse-mango
mahar
dowry
mahupun
(1)although (2)either/or
madah
eulogy
maharaja
emperor
main
to play
madat
opium
maharani
empress; queen
mainan
toy; act of playing
madrasah
Islamic school
mahasiswa
university student
majal
blunt (of knife)
madu
(1)honey (2)woman sharing the same husband
maharajalela
to rampage
majalah
magazine
maghrib
sunset
mahir
skilful
majikan
employer
maging
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famous
majlis
council; meeting; assembly
makbul
fulfilled; answered (of prayers)
maksiat
vice; immorality
majmuk
compound; complex
makhluk
a creature
maksud
meaning; purpose; intention
maju
developed
maki
to abuse
maktab
college
mak
mother
makian
a curse; act of hurling abuse
maktub
recorded in writing
mak angkat
adopted mother
makin
increasingly
malah
on the contrary; in fact; but
makcik
auntie
maklum
to know
malahan
on the contrary; in fact; but
mak tiri
stepmother
maklumat
information
malaikat
angel
maka
then; therefore; hence; so
makmal
laboratory
malam
night
makam
mausoleum; tomb
makmur
prosperous; to prosper
malam minggu
Saturday night
meaning
malang
makan
to eat
makna
unfortunate; unlucky
makanan
food
makruf
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malangnya
unfortunately
mambang
ghost; spirit
mandul
barren or sterile (of female)
malap
dim
mampat
compress
mandur
head of the labourers
malapetaka
calamity; disaster
mampu
able to; capable
manfaat
benefit
malar
constant; continuous
mampus
to die (unrefined expression)
mangga
(1)mango (2)padlock
malas
lazy
mana
where
manggar
base of coconut palm frond
malik
lord
mana satu
which one
manggis
mangosteen
malim
expert
mana-mana
anywhere; wherever
mangkat
to die (of royalty)
malu
shy; ashamed; embarrassed
mancis
matches
mangkin
catalyst
malung
large sea eel
mancung
high and sharp
mangku
acting (of official post)
mamah
to munch; to chew
mancur
to spout; to squirt
mangkuk
bowl
mamak
maternal uncle
mandi
to bathe
mangsa
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victim; prey; casualty
mantap
established
marmut
marmot; guinea-pig
mangu
amazed; perplexed; bewildered
mantera
magical charm or spell; incantation
martabak
a kind of bread with meat fillings
mani
semen
manusia
human being
martabat
prestige
manik
bead
mara
to advance
maruah
pride; self-respect
manikam
gem
marah
angry
masa
time; period; era
manis
sweet
marak
to flare up
masa depan
future
to come
masa lalu
past
Mars
masa silam
past
mark
masak
manisan
sweet dish
mari
manja
pampered; indulgent
Marikh
manjur
potent; effective
markah
(1)to cook (2)ripe
mansit
cuff (of sleeve)
markas
headquarters
masakan
(1)cookery (2)how could it be
mansuh
to vanish; to disappear; to annul; to abolish
marmar
marble
masalah
problem
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depressed; sad
mati-matian
with full effort
famous
matlamat
masam
sour
masyhur
aim; objective; target
maserba
omnivore
mata
eye
maujud
existing
masih
still
mata air
spring (water)
maun
herbivorous
masin
salty
mata hitam
iris
maung
unpleasant in smell or taste
masing-masing
each and everyone
mata wang
currency
maut
death
masjid
mosque
matahari
sun
mawar
rose
mastautin
to reside
mata-mata
policeman
maya
illusion; delusion
masuk
to enter
matang
mature
mayam
unit of weight for gold
masuk campur
interfere
matarah
beacon
mayang
palm-blossom
masyarakat
society; organized community
mati
to die
mayat
corpse
masyghul
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to win
mazhab
religious sect or school of thought
Melayu
Malay
menantu
son-in-law; daughter-in-law
mazmur
hymn
meleset
not precise; not to the point; irrelevant; non-specific
menara
tower; minaret
medan
field
melukut
broken rice grains
mendak
sediment
medan perang
battlefield
melulu
hasty
mendap
to settle as a sediment
megah
proud; conceited
melur
jasmine
mendapan
sedimentation
of course; naturally
mendiang
the late
contusion; bruise
mendung
Mei
May
memang
meja
table
memar
overcast; cloudy
mekar
to blossom or bloom
memerang
otter; beaver
mengah
breathless; dyspneic
melaka
a type of tree with edible fruit
mempelai
bridegroom; bride
mengkal
half-ripe
melarat
destitute; needy
mempelam
mango
mentadak
praying mantis
melati
jasmine
menang
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mentah
(1)raw; uncooked; unprocessed (2)immature; inexperienced
merah manggis
maroon
meriah
hilarious; joyful; happy
mentang-mentang
just because
merak
peacock or peahen
meriam
cannon
mentega
butter
merana
to languish; to live miserably or in ill-health
merinyu
inspector or supervisor
menteri
minister
merbah
thrush
merosot
in deteriorated condition
mentimun
cucumber
merbuk
turtle dove
merpati
dove; pigeon
mentua
father or mother-in-law
mercu
peak; summit; climax
mersik
shrill; piercing (of sound)
mentul
bulb
mercun
fire-crackers
Mesir
of Egypt
menung
to ponder; to contemplate
merdeka
independent; free
meskipun
although; in spite of
merah
red
merdu
melodious
mesra
amicable; hospitable; friendly; close
merah jambu
pink
mereka
they; them; their
mesti
must
merah lembayung
magenta
mergastua
wild animals of the forest
mestika
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jewel; bezoar
mingguan
weekly
misai
moustache
mesyuarat
meeting
minta
to ask; to beg; to request
misal
example
meterai
official seal
minum
to drink
miskin
poor
mewah
luxurious
minuman
a drink
modal
capital
mi
noodles
minuman keras
liquor; alcoholic drink
moga-moga
may it be
miang
itchy
minuman ringan
soft drink
mogok
a strike
milik
to own; to possess
minyak
oil; fat; petroleum
mogok lapar
hunger strike
mimbar
rostrum; pulpit
minyak sapi
ghee
mohon
to apply
mimpi
dream
minyak tanah
kerosene
mohor
official seal
minat
interest; enthusiasm; liking
miring
oblique; slanting; to tilt
molek
pretty; attractive; lovely
minggu
week
mirip
to resemble
momok
ghost; evil spirit; something causing fear
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estuary
muflis
bankrupt
mongel
beautiful; attractive
muat
having sufficient capacity
mufti
Muslim religious expert
montel
plump and healthy
muatan
cargo; load
Muharam
first month of Muslim calendar
montok
chubby; plump
muazam
majesty
muhibah
goodwill
monyet
monkey
muazin
summoner to prayer
mujarab
efficacious; effective (of medicine)
moyang
great-grandparent
mubaligh
preacher; missionary
mujur
luckily; fortunately
mu
you; abbreviation of `kamu'
muda
young; not ripe
muka
face
muafakat
agreement
mudah
easy; convenient
muka depan
front page
muak
nauseated; sated
mudah-mudahan
hopefully; perhaps
muka-muka
insincere
mual
nausea
mudarat
harmful; detrimental
muka pintu
doorway
to go upstream
muka selamba
poker face
mualim
religious teacher
mudik
muara
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walk to and fro
muka surat
page
mulia
noble; distinguished; honourable; respectable
mundur
to retreat; to recede; backward or underdeveloped
muka tebal
thick-skinned
mulur
ductile
mungil
small and cute
mukah
fornication
mulut
mouth
mungkar
to disobey; to deny; sinful
mukim
district
mulut manis
sweet-tongued
mungkin
possible; maybe; perhaps
mukjizat
miracle
mulut murai
chatterbox
mungkir
to breach or default
muktamad
definitive; final
mumbang
green unripe coconut
munsyi
language teacher
muktamar
conference; congress
munafik
hypocrite
muntah
to vomit
mula
beginning; to begin
munasabah
credible; reasonable; suitable
murah
cheap
mulai
to start
muncul
to emerge; to appear
murah hati
generous
muzzle; snout; beak; spout
murai
mula-mula
at first; first of all
muncung
magpie
mulas
colic
mundar-mandir
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muram
gloomy; dismal; glum
Muslimat
Muslim women
muzakarah
discussion
murid
pupil; student
musnah
to destroy; destructible
N
murka
wrathful; angry
mustahak
important
nabi
mustahil
nada
prophet
murni
clean; pure; genuine
impossible; incredible
tone; intonation
murtad
apostate
mustajab
effective (of medicine)
nadi
pulse
murung
depressed
musuh
enemy; foe
nafas
breath
bernafas: to breathe
pernafasan: respiration
musafir
traveller
Musytari
Jupiter
nafi
musang
deny
civet-cat
mutakhir
modern; the latest
menafikan: to deny
penafian: denial
musim
season
mutiara
pearl
nafkah
maintenance; livelihood; subsistence; alimony
muslihat
trick; stratagem
mutlak
absolute; complete; categorical
nafsu
lust; intense desire
Muslim
one who believes and follows the teachings of Islam
mutu
quality
naga
dragon
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nahas
nama
mishap; misfortune; disaster
nasab
(1) name (2) reputation
nama samaran: pseudonym
nama timang-timangan: nickname
bernama: named
menamai: to name
menamakan: to name
kenamaan: respectable; noble
penama: person who nominates
ternama: famous
namaan: nominal; in name only
nahu
grammar
naib
deputy
lineage of ancestors or descendants
nasi
cooked rice
nasib
chance; luck; fate; destiny
bernasib baik: lucky
nampak
naik
catch sight of; see
ascend; rise; climb; ride
nampaknya: it seems; apparently
menampakkan: to display
ternampak: visible; seen
naik angin: bad mood
naik darah: bad temper
naik gila: driven mad
kenaikan: an increase; a rise
menaiki: to climb on; to ride on or in
menaikkan: to raise
nasihat
advice
menasihati: to advise
menasihatkan: to advise
penasihat: adviser
namun
yet; still
naskhah
najis
copy (of a book, etc); manuscript
excrement; faeces; filth
nanah
pus
Nasrani
nak
Christian; Eurasian
want
nanas
pineapple
natijah
nakal
result; consequence; conclusion
naughty
nangka
jackfruit
kenakalan: naughtiness
naung
aegis; patronage
nanti
nakhoda
wait; later
captain
menanti: to wait for
menantikan: to wait for
penantian: a state of waiting
ternanti-nanti: keep waiting with hope
naluri
instinct
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naungan: protection; shade; shelter; patronage
bernaung: sheltered; shaded
menaungi: to shelter; to shade; to protect
penaung: patron; guardian; protector
nazak
moribund
neraka
hell
niat
nazar
intention; wish
vow
nescaya
certainly
berniat: to have an intention
terniat: intended
menazarkan: to vow
bernazar: to vow
nganga
open the mouth wide
nikah
nazir
marriage
school inspector
menganga: to open the mouth wide
mengangakan: to open the mouth wide
ternganga: wide open
bernikah: married
menikahi: to marry
menikahkan: to give in marriage
pernikahan: marriage; wedding
negara
country; kingdom
ngeri
negarawan: statesman
memiliknegarakan: nationalise
pemiliknegaraan: nationalisation
appalling; eerie; horrifying; terrible
nikmat
mengerikan: frightening; terrifying
enjoyment; pleasure; bliss
kenikmatan: pleasure; enjoyment; comfort; delight
menikmati: to enjoy
negeri
ngiang
country; state
buzzing sound (in the mind)
kenegerian: state consciousness
nila
blue dye; indigo
ngiau
mew (of a cat)
nekad
determined
mengiau: to mew (of a cat)
nilai
value
nelayan
bernilai: valued; worth
menilaikan: to evaluate or assess
penilaian: assessment; evaluation
ngilu
fisherman
gnawing pain
nenek
nilam
nguak
grandmother
sapphire
bray like a donkey
nenenda: grandmother (usually in letter-writing)
nipah
niaga
a type of palm
trade
neraca
a kind of weighing apparatus with hanging pans
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berniaga: to trade
memperniagakan: to trade; to barter
peniaga: trader
perniagaan: a business or trade
nipis
thin
nombor ganjil: odd number
nombor genap: even number
bernombor: numbered
disinfect
nirinsani
dehumanize
nyahpecutan
deceleration
nona
miss; maam
nirwana
buah nona: sweet-sop
state of perfect bliss
nyala
flame
bernyala: ignited
menyala: to flare up; to ignite
menyalakan: to kindle
nyalaan: ignition
nota
nisan
note
gravestone
November
November
nisbah
ratio
nyaman
fresh; pleasant (of atmosphere, food)
menyamankan: to refresh; to enliven
penyaman udara: air-conditioner
nujum
niskala
prophet; fortune-teller
having no material or physical substance; abstract
nyamuk
mosquito
nusa
nista
motherland; fatherland
insult; abuse
nyanyi
singing
Nusantara
Malay archipelago
nobat
Malay royal band
nyanyian: singing
bernyanyi: to sing
menyanyi: to sing
menyanyikan: to sing for
penyanyi: singer
nya
noda
his; her; its
spot of dirt; stain
menodai: to stain; to disgrace
ternoda: stained
nyanyuk
nyah
dotage; senility with feeble mind
go away!; get away!
noktah
full stop
nyaring
nyahcas
piercing and shrill (of sound)
release the electric charge of
nombor
number
nyahjangkit
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nyaris
almost; nearly
oceh
nyata
apparent; evident; clear; concrete
kenyataan: notice; statement
menyatakan: to state
penyata: statement; report
pernyataan: explanation; statement; announcement
ternyata: obvious; clear; defined
oleh
talk rapidly; jabber; chatter
by; because of
mengoceh: to chatter
ocehan: jabbering talk
beroleh: to get; to obtain
memperoleh: to obtain; to acquire; to achieve
perolehan: earnings; gains
ogah
hookah
oleng
sway; rock
nyawa
Ogos
life
August
olok-olok
jest; joke; make fun
bernyawa: alive; living; animate
persenyawaan: fertilisation
oh
exclamation of delight, pain or emphasis
ombak
nyenyak
wave
sound asleep
berombak: wavy
oi
a shout for attention
nyiru
triangular tray made from bamboo
omel
grouse; grumble
Oktober
mengomel: to grumble
October
nyiur
coconut
omong
olah
chatter; empty talk
attitude; manner
nyonya
term used for married Chinese lady
olah-olah: playfully
seolah-olah: as if; as though
memperolahkan: to make fun of; to play a joke on
onar
commotion; uproar
nyunyut
suck
olahraga
athletic (adj.); athletics (noun)
onde-onde
sweet dumpling of flour and coconut
olahragawan: male athlete
olahragawati: female athlete
O
ongkos
cost; expenditure
obor
olakan
torch
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mengongkosi: to pay the expenditure; to finance
land (or jungle) leech
padi
ooh
rice-plant; rice-grain with its husk
exclamation of surprise, pleasure or pain
pacul
(1)hoe (2)to appear suddenly
padu
opah
(1)solid (2)united
grandmother
pada
at; on; in; to; according to
paduka
orang
excellency; majesty
person or people
orang rumah: wife
orang-orangan: puppet; scarecrow
keseorangan: lonely; alone
perseorangan: individual
seorangan: alone
seseorang: somebody
padah
omen; warning
pagar
fence
padam
to extinguish; to put off; to switch off; to rub off
pagi
morning
oren
orange
padan
matched; fitting; suited
pagi-pagi
early in the morning
otak
brain; mind
padanan
suitability;
otak udang: stupid
berotak: brainy; clever
pagut
to peck (of bird)
padang
field
otot
paha
thigh
muscle
padang pasir
desert
P
pahala
reward; merit
pacak
padat
to erect a pointed pole in the ground
compact; packed; dense
pahat
chisel
pacal
paderi
I; me (when addressing royalty)
priest
pahit
bitter
pacat
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(1)the most; extremely (2)to turn away
pahlawan
hero; warrior
pakat
to agree; to conspire
palit
to smear; to smudge
pajak
lease
pakatan
pact; agreement; treaty; conspiracy
palsu
false
pajak gadai
pawnshop
pakis
fern
palu
to hit; to beat
pak
father; uncle
paksa
to force; to compel
paluan
a knock; a blow
pakcik
uncle
paksaan
compulsion
palung
pool; trough
pakai
to wear; to use
paksi
axis
palut
wrapping; covering
pakaian
clothes
paku
nail; ferns
pamah
lowlands
pakaian seragam
uniform
pala
nutmeg
paman
uncle
pakal
to caulk
palam
(1)grout (2)plug
pamer
to exhibit
pakar
expert; specialist
palang
crossbar
pameran
exhibition
pakar runding
consultant
paling
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pampang
to spread out; to stretch out
pancaindera
the five senses
pancutan
pancang
pandai
a spurt; an ejection
pampas
compensation
pole or stake driven into the ground
pampasan
compensation
pancar
clever; intelligent
pandang
to gush out; to radiate; to broadcast; to emit
to look; to consider
panah
bow (for shooting arrows)
pancaran
spout; broadcast; emission; beam or ray
pandangan
opinion; view
panahan
archery
pancaragam
band or orchestra
pandang-memandang
to exchange looks or glances
hot; feverish
pancing
pandir
panas
fishing hook; to fish
panas terik
very hot; blistering; scorching
pancit
stupid
pandu
a puncture
panas-panas
hot
pancung
to guide; to drive; to pilot
panduan
to behead
guidance; directory
panau
pityriasis versicolor (a type of skin disease)
panca
pancungan
decapitation
pandu puteri
girl guide
pancur
five
pancalogam
an alloy of five metals
to spurt out; to spout; to flow
panggang
to roast; to toast; roasted
to gush out; to spurt
panggil
pancut
to call
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the lap
pantang
prohibition; abstinence; to abstain
panggilan
a call; a summon; name or title
panglima
panggung
theatre; stage
warrior; commander
pantang larang
prohibition; taboo
compartment; section (of fruit)
pantas
pangsa
fast; quick; swift
panggung wayang
cinema
pangsapuri
apartment
pantat
posterior or bottom; external genitalia
pangkah
a cross; to put a cross
panitia
commission; committee
pantul
to bounce back; to bound; to spring
pangkal
beginning; base
panjang
long
pantulan
reflex; rebound
pangkalan
base; jetty
panjang akal
resourceful; intelligent
pantun
quatrain
pangkas
to clip or cut
panjangnya
length
papa
very poor
pangkat
rank
panjat
to climb
papa kedana
destitute
pangkin
bunk
panji-panji
bunting; streamer
papah
supported; to support
pangku
(1)to take on one's lap (2)to hold office in an acting capacity
pantai
beach; coast
papan
plank
pangkuan
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to dress up
papan catur
chess-board
parau
hoarse (of voice)
pasang telinga
to eavesdrop
ray; skate
pasar
papan hitam
blackboard
pari
market
papan iklan
billboard
pari-pari
fairy
pasar borong
wholesale market
ditch; drain
pasar gelap
black market
papan kenyataan
notice-board
parit
papar
flat
paru-paru
lung
pasar malam
night market
papas
(1)to take off; to strip off (2)to counteract
paruh
(1)bill; beak (2)half
pasaraya
supermarket
para
prefix denoting large numbers or large amount
parut
(1)scar (2)to grate or scrape
pasir
sand
para-para
rack; shelf
pasak
pin; peg; wedge
pasti
definite; certain; sure
parah
serious; critical (of illness or injury)
pasang
(1)pair; set (2)to install; to affix; to fasten (3)to rise (of tide)
pasu
flower-pot; vase
parang
chopping-knife
pasangan
couple
pasu-pasu
cheek bones
paras
face; level
pasang badan
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pasukan
umbrella
team; unit of troops
patut
fair; reasonable; right and proper; appropriate
pecah
pasung
to break
pillory; handcuffs
paus
whale
pecahan
patah
fraction
(1)broken (of long objects); fracture (2)numeral coefficient for
words
paut
to hold on tightly; to cling on
pecat
to dismiss
patah hati
broken-hearted
pawagam
cinema; theatre
pecut
to accelerate
pateri
solder
pawah
sharing of profits between tenant and landlord
pedang
sword
pati
essence; extract
pawang
Malay witch doctor
pedap
to imbibe or absorb
patik
I; me (used when talking to royal person)
paya
swamp
pedas
hot (of chillies and curry); caustic
patuh
obedient
paya bakau
mangrove swamp
pedati
caravan; cart; carriage
patuk
to peck; to bite (of snake)
payah
difficult
pedih
smarting; sorrowful
patung
statue; dummy; doll; idol
payau
brackish
pedoman
compass; guide
patung-patung
dragon-fly
payung
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peduli
to bother about; to mind; to care
pejam
to close or shut (of eyes)
pelana
saddle
pegaga
a kind of creeping plant
peka
sensitive
pelanduk
mouse-deer
pegang
to hold; to control
pekak
deaf
pelangi
rainbow
pegangan
a hold; something that is held
pekan
town; marketplace
pelantar
long bench; landing on stairs
pegawai
officer
pekap
to cover (mouth or ears) with the hand
pelanting
to scatter
peguam
lawyer
pekasam
fish or meat pickled in brine
pelat
faulty pronunciation; dialect; accent
peguambela
advocate; barrister
pekat
thick or concentrated (of liquid)
pelawa
to invite
peguamcara
solicitor
pekerti
character; disposition
pelawaan
invitation
pegun
(1)petrified (2)silent in meditation
pekik
to scream
pelbagai
assorted; variety
pejal
solid; firm
pelamin
bridal dais
pelecok
to sprain
pejalwapan
condensation
pelampung
float; buoy
pelekat
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gum; glue
peluk
to embrace; to hug
pendekar
warrior; expert in Malay art of self-defence
pelepah
rib of palm leaf; rib of feather; frond of palm tree
pelukan
a hug
pendita
great scholar
pelesir
to gallivant
peluru
bullet
pengantin
bride; bridegroom
pen (writing device)
pengaruh
influence; authority
tired
penggal
pelihara
to rear; to take care of
pena
peliharaan
that which is being reared
penat
(1)term (2)paragraph; chapter; volume (3)to behead
pelik
strange; queer
penawar
antidote
penggawa
village headman
self-defence; to parry
penghulu
pelita
lamp
pencak
village headman
pelopor
pioneer
pencil
to isolate
pengsan
unconscious; to faint
pelosok
corner; nook (of country)
pendam
to hide or conceal (of feelings, emotions, secrets)
pening
dizzy; giddy; feeling confused
peluang
chance; opportunity
pendaman
something that is concealed
pening-pening lalat
slightly dizzy
peluh
sweat; perspiration
pendek
short
peniti
safety pin
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juice; that which has been squeezed out
perangai
behaviour; character; nature; disposition
penjara
jail; prison
perahu
boat
perangkap
trap
soldier
peranjat
penjuru
corner; angle
perajurit
startled; shocked; surprised
pentas
stage
perak
silver
perap
(1)to flap (wings) (2)to lock oneself up in the house
penting
important
peraka
a ship's hold
peras
to extort; to extract
penuh
full
peram
to keep fruit till ripe
perasan
aware of; conscious of
penyek
flattened
peran
clown; jester
perawan
maiden; virgin girl
penyu
turtle
peranan
role
perca
remnants of cloth
pepatah
saying; maxim; proverb
Perancis
French
percaya
to believe
perabot
furniture
perang
(1)war (2)brown
percik
to sprinkle
perah
to wring; to squeeze
peperangan
war
percuma
(1)free of charge (2)in vain (of time or effort)
perahan
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incident; event; happening
perdana
premier; principal; prime
peribumi
native
perit
painful
perdu
base of tree trunk
perigi
well
periuk
cooking pot
perempuan
female; woman; girl
perigi buta
disused well
perkakas
instrument; tool; apparatus; equipment
perencah
something used to add taste to a dish
perihal
matters; situation
perkara
matter
perenggan
(1)boundary (2)paragraph
perikemanusiaan
humanity; compassion
perkasa
strong; brave; powerful
pergi
to go
periksa
to examine; to check; to investigate
perkosa
(1)brave; strong (2)to force; to rape
peri
nature; manner (of feelings, situations)
perinci
to describe in great detail
perkosaan
the act of forcing or raping
grade; stage
perlahan
peri-peri
fairy
peringkat
slow
peria
bitter gourd
perintah
command; order
perli
to tease
peribadi
private; personal
perisai
a shield
perlu
necessary: must
peribahasa
proverb
peristiwa
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permai
beautiful; magnificent; wonderful
perwira
hero; warrior
petah
eloquent; fluent
permaidani
carpet
pesan
message; order
petai
stinking edible green pod
permaisuri
queen
pesanan
message; order
petak
compartment; section
permata
jewel
pesat
quick; rapid (of development)
petala
layer; stratum; storey
pernah
to (ever) have
pesawat
machine
petaling
small hardwood tree
peroi
friable
pesisir
beach; shore
petang
afternoon; evening
peronyok
to crumple (of paper)
pesona
a spell or charm
peti
box; casket; case
perosok
to sink or slip into
pesong
to change direction or course
peti sejuk
refrigerator
persegi
square
pesta
festival
peti surat
post-box
pertama
first
pesuruhjaya
commissioner
petik
(1)to pluck (2)to quote
perut
stomach
peta
map
petikan
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quotation
picit
to press; to squeeze; to pinch
pilu
sad; sorrowful; mournful
petola
loofah
pidato
speech; lecture; talk
pimpin
to lead; to guide
petir
thunder
pihak
side; party
pimpinan
leadership
petua
advice; ruling
pijak
to step on
pinang
(1)areca-nut (2)to propose (for marriage)
piagam
charter; constitution
pijat
bed-bug
pinar
glowing; shimmering
piala
cup
pikat
to trap; to tempt; to attract
pincang
(1)lame (2)unbalanced (of music)
piat
to twist
pikul
(1)a unit of weight (=133lbs.) (2)to carry on the shoulder
pinda
to alter; to amend; to correct
piatu
orphan
pilin
to twist or wind
pindaan
amendment
piawai
correct; precise; accurate; exact; standard
pilih
to choose; to select; to elect
pindah
to move or shift from one place to another
picagari
syringe
pilihan
choice; selection
pindah milik
transfer of ownership
picing
to blink; to wink; to close the eyes
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pindah tangan
change of hands
buttocks; hip
pipis
to mash or grind
pindahan
a transfer
pinjam
to borrow
pipit
sparrow
pinga
astounded; stunned
pinjaman
loan
piring
saucer
pingat
medal
pinta
to ask for; to request
piring hitam
gramophone record
to twist; to spin
pisah
pinggan
plate; dish
pintal
to be separated
pinggan mangkuk
crockery
pintar
cunning; sharp-witted; smart; clever
pisang
banana
pinggang
waist
pintas
to cut short; to intercept or interrupt; to cut across
pisau
knife
pinggir
edge
pintasan
short-cut
pita
ribbon; tape
pinggir jalan
roadside
pintu
door
pitam
dizziness
pinggir kota
suburbs
pipi
cheek
piutang
credit; monies receivable
pinggir laut
coast
pipih
thin and flat
plumbum
lead (metal)
pinggul
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(1)a shoot or sprout (2)numeral coefficient for letter or gun
pohon
(1)tree (2)to apply; to beg; to request
pramugari
air-stewardess
pudar
dim (of light); faded
pokok
(1)tree (2)principle; capital
prasangka
prejudice; suspicion
puding
an ornamental shrub
pondan
transvestite
prasejarah
prehistorical
puisi
poetry
pondok
hut; booth; shed
prestasi
performance
puja
to worship; to adore
ponteng
(1)to play truant (2)to cheat; to swindle
puak
group; tribe
pujangga
author; literary person
pontianak
female vampire
puaka
evil spirit
puji
to praise
porak-peranda
chaotic; in disorder
puan
(1)lady; Mrs (2)plate for betel-leaf
pujian
a compliment or praise
potong
a piece; a slice; to cut
puas
satisfied; contented
pujuk
to coax;to persuade; to entice
potongan
the cut (of clothes)
puasa
fast
pujukan
persuasion; enticement
prakata
foreword
pucat
pale
pukal
lump; block
pramugara
air-steward
pucuk
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pukang
crotch
puluh
ten
pungguk
Malayan hawk owl
pukat
dragnet (for fishing)
pulut
glutinous rice
punggung
buttocks; back; hips
pukau
charm used (by burglars) to make people fall asleep
pun
also
pungut
to pick; to collect; to harvest
pukul
(1)to beat or hit (2)hour
punah
to destroy
pungutan
collection
pula
again; also; yet; too
punai
pigeon; dove
puntal
coiled; wound up
pulang
to go back; to return
punat
(1)button (2)core of a boil
puntung
butt (e.g. of cigarette); stump
pulangan
the act of returning
punca
source; origin
punya
to have; to possess; to own
pulang kerahmatullah
to die
puncak
peak; summit; acme
pupu
degree of kinship
pulas
to twist; to wring
pundi-pundi
purse
pupuk
to manure; to nurture
pulau
(1)island (2)to boycott
pundi-pundi kencing
urinary bladder
pupus
extinct
pulih
to recover; to restore
punggah
to unload
pura-pura
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pretending
pusat
centre; navel
putih kuning
cream-coloured
to rotate; to revolve
putik
purata
average
pusing
newly-formed fruit; pistil
purba
ancient
pusingan
rotation; a round
puting
nipple; teat
purbakala
ancient times
puspa
flower
puting beliung
whirlwind; tornado
book
putus
purdah
veil
pustaka
to break off; to finish
puri
castle; palace; city
pustakawan
librarian
puyu
whirlwind
purnama
full moon
putar
to rotate
puyuh
quail
pusaka
heirloom; heritage
Q
putaran
rotation
qada
pusar
an action performed as a replacement
to revolve
putera
prince
qari
pusaran
a male Koran reader
rotation
puteri
princess
qariah
pusara
a female Koran reader
cemetary; graveyard
putih
white; fair
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Koran (sacred book of Muslims)
(1) manner; way (2) bad behaviour (3) melody; tune (4) united;
faithful
rabun jauh
short-sightedness
R
ragi
yeast
raba
rabung
to grope; to touch; to fondle
ridge of a roof
ragu-ragu
doubtful; dubious; suspicious
rabak
racik
large tear; ragged; tattered
cut into thin slices
ragum
pincer; clamp
Rabiulakhir
fourth month of the Muslim calendar
racikan
finely cut slices
ragut
to grab; to snatch
Rabiulawal
third month of the Muslim calendar
racun
poison
rahang
jaw
rabik
radak
torn; tattered; ripped
to stab
rahim
(1) womb (2) merciful (of God)
rabit
radang
torn at the edge
angry
rahmat
blessing; mercy (bestowed by God)
Rabu
radas
Wednesday
apparatus
rahmati
blessed
rabuk
raden
tinder
title of Javanese nobility
rahsia
secret
rabun
raga
poor eyesight
(1) basket (2) a kind of rattan ball (3) to show off
rai
to entertain; to celebrate
rabun dekat
long-sightedness
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raih
rakan
to buy up for resale
ramal
friend; companion; comrade
raja
to predict; to forecast
rakit
king
ramalan
raft
Raja Muda
crown prince
raksa
raja sehari
bridegroom
raksasa
rajah
rakus
prediction
ramas
mercury
to knead
rambang
giant;demon
diagram; chart
rajau
random; uncertain (of feelings, aim, etc.)
greedy
rambang mata
flirtatious; having a roving eye
people; public; citizen
rambu-rambu
fringes; tassels
rakyat
unripe rice-stalks left at reaping
rajawali
ralat
sparrow-hawk
rambut
mistake; error
rajin
hardworking; industrious; diligent
rajuk
rama-rama
butterfly
rami
Ramadan
rampai
to sulk; to bicker
jute; hemp
ninth month of the Muslim calendar (the fasting month)
rakam
ramah
to record
mixed; various
rampas
friendly; cordial; amiable
rakaman
ramai
a recording
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many (of people)
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to confiscate; to seize; to capture; to hijack
slim; slender (of waist)
rampok
rangkai
to burgle
ramu
(1) a bunch; a bundle; a cluster (2) a unit of length
rantai leher
necklace
to crawl
rantai tangan
bracelet
rangkak
to collect all sorts of material
ramuan
rangkap
ingredients
rantaian
link lines of a verse; two-fold
ranap
rangking
to flatten out; to level to the ground
rantau
a type of large basket with lid
rancak
rangkul
lively
bay; creek; region; colony
ranting
to embrace
rancang
rangkum
to plan; to prepare
twig
ranum
to embrace; to cuddle; to enclose; to include
rancangan
a plan
rangsang
randuk
rangup
over-ripe (of fruit)
rapat
stimulus
to wade
close; intimate; compact
rapi
brittle; crisp
rang
ranjang
(1) a draft; a sketch (2) fallow (of land)
neat; orderly
rapuh
iron bed-stead
rang undang-undang
bill (in Parliament)
ranjau
rangka
rantai
fragile; brittle; friable
rasa
mantrap; booby-trap
skeleton; outline
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rasi
chain; series; sequence
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(1) feeling; emotion (2) taste (3) opinion
compatible; suitable
rasmi
raungan
official; formal
rayuan
loud weeping or wailing
rasuah
an appeal; a plea
raup
bribe
rebah
two handfuls; to scoop up with both hands
rasuk
to collapse
raut
possessed (by evil spirits); obsessed
rebak
to pare
rasul
to spread (for fire, news, epidemic)
rawak
messenger of God; prophet
reban
at random
rata
a fowl's pen
rawan
flat; level; even
rebas
(1) anxious (2) numeral coefficient for articles made of cord
ratap
rawat
to grieve; to wail
rebung
to nurse
ratapan
rawatan
grief
bamboo shoot
rebus
treatment; medical care
ratna
raya
jewel
boiled
rebut
large; main; principle; great
ratu
rayap
queen
to snatch; to seize; to grab; to scramble for something
recih
to creep; to crawl
ratus
rayau
hundred
remnants; small change
recik
to roam; to wander
raung
rayu
to wail or moan aloud
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to appeal; to plead; to request
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to sprinkle
(1) to decrease in intensity; to subside (2) willing; consenting
redah
rekaan
to take a direct way through (e.g. a forest, desert, flood, etc.)
redaksi
invention
rembesan
secretion
to split or crack
remeh-temeh
unimportant; trivial; petty
rekah
editorial
redup
rekahan
obscured; clouded; gloomy
rempah
a split, fissure or crack
regang
rekat
taut; tight; stretched
rempak
to glue together
regu
rela
team; gang; group; pair
willing
rehat
relau
rest
(1) chipped (2) united
rempang-lempung
injured; tattered
rempuh
furnace
reja
remah
scraps; leftovers
crumb
Rejab
remaja
the seventh month of the Muslim calendar
rejam
remuk hati
broken-hearted
(1) whip (2) trap
remuk-redam
smashed; crushed
rembes
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secrete; ooze
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to smash; to shatter
fine body hair
rembat
to invent; to create; to design; to compose
reka bentuk
the design
rempuhan
a stampede
remuk
remang
reka
to storm at; to stampede
adolescent
to stone to death
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spices
to swim
rencah
rentak
seasoning; condiment; flavouring
reput
rhythm; beat
rencana
rentang
article; feature; story
rotten; decayed
resah
to stretch tight; to spread along
rencat
rentap
stunted; retarded
fidgety; restless; uneasy
resam
to pull violently; to snatch
renda
rentas
lace
custom; tradition
resap
to take a short cut
rendah
rentetan
low
to penetrate into; to seep into; to diffuse into
restu
sequence; series
rendam
renung
to soak
blessing
retak
to stare; to gaze; to ponder
rendang
food fried in coconut oil
renek
to crack
renungan
the act of staring or gazing; contemplation
retakan
renyai
retas
small and short
a crack
drizzle
to rip open
renggang
far apart
renyuk
rengus
renyuk-renyik
crumpled
ria
repek
riadah
grumpy; sullen
renjis
sprinkle; scatter
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to crumple
to talk nonsense
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livelihood; luck
jovial; joyful; cheerful
exercise; recreation
riak
(1) ripple on the water (2) vain; proud
riang
rindu dendam
passionate longing
rintangan
barricade; obstacle
ringan
rintih
happy; cheerful; merry
light (in weight)
riba
to moan; to groan (in pain)
ringan mulut
friendly
rintihan
(1) hold on one's lap (2) interest on money lent
ringan tangan
helpful person
rintik
thousand
violent; storm
ringan tulang
hardworking
rintik-rintik
drizzle
Ringgit Malaysia
Malaysian currency
rintis
dorsal fin of a fish
ringkas
risalah
ribu
ribut
ridip
rimas
uneasy (because of heat, etc.)
a groan or moan
speckle; spot
to clear a way; to open up; to pioneer
brief; concise
rimba
pamphlet
ringkasan
summary
risau
forest; jungle
ringkasnya
briefly; in short
risik
dense; thick (of hair, foliage, etc.)
ringkuk
riuh
rimbun
rinci
specify in details
to make discreet inquiries
to bend or stoop; to crouch
rindu
rintang
to long for; to yearn for
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riwayat
to block with a barricade
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noisy
story; tale
riwayat hidup
biography
roma
robek
roman
rongga
fine body hair
to tear or rip
roboh
cavity; hollow space
a person's looks or appearance
ronggeng
a dance (for couples)
to demolish; to reshuffle
rongkong
throat
rombak
to collapse
roda
wheel
rodok
rombakan
a reshuffle
ronta
rombong
rosak
to stab
(1) large basket made of palm leaves (2) to form a group
rogol
to rape
roh
damaged; spoilt
rombongan
a group (of travellers)
rosot
rompak
rotan
spirit; soul
decline; deteriorate; diminish
to rob
rohani
spirituality
rohaniah
roti
rompong
ruam
damaged at the tip; mutilated (of ear, nose, etc.)
rojak
ronda
salad of mixed vegetables taken with sauce
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bread
rash
to patrol
ruam panas
prickly heat
gap (in teeth, fence)
ruam saraf
shingles
rongak
cigarette
rattan; cane
rompakan
robbery
spiritual
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to struggle; to resist
ruang
rumah
a space; a room
runcit
house
ruangan
retail
rumah tangga
household
runding
ruang makan
dining-room
rumbia
rundingan
discussion; negotiation
ruang waktu
time frame
Rumi
ruap
rumit
column
sago-palm
rungut
Roman
to boil over; to bubble or foam over; to evaporate
ruas
rungutan
rumpai
rugi
to grumble; to complain
difficult
the section between two joints; internode
a complaint
runsing
weed
rumpair
to suffer a loss
worried
runtuh
a kind of sea plant; alga
ruji
rumpun
staple food; basic; main
to collapse
runtun
a clump; a cluster
rujuk
rumput
to refer
to drag; to pull violently
runtunan
grass
rujukan
rumus
reference
series
rupa
formula
rukun
runcing
pillar; basic principle
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tapered; pointed; sharp
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appearance; form
adverb
sabar
rupa nama
adjective
patient; calm
saderi
celery
sabda
rupanya
saying; verbal expression
sadur
apparently
metallic plating or coating
sabit
rupawan
sickle
saga
beautiful
a type of red seed
Sabtu
rusa
Saturday
sagat
deer
to grate; to scrape
sabun
rusa senggerik
unicorn
soap
sagu
sago
sabung
rusuh
to fight (of cocks)
sah
to create trouble
authentic; genuine; legal
sabungan
cock-fighting
rusuhan
sahabat
a riot; a rebellion
friend
sabung-menyabung
flashing (of lighting)
rusuk
sahaja
(1)side; flank; edge (2)rib
only; merely; just
sabut
S
husk
saham
a share
saat
sadai
second (time); moment
stranded; beached (of boat)
sahih
true; valid; sure; certain
saban
sadap
every
to tap a palm tree for its juice
sahsiah
personality
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ill; pain; painful
salangkan
even if
annoyed
salasilah
sahur
pre-dawn meal in the Muslim fasting month
sakit hati
genealogy; pedigree
sahut
to answer a call
saksama
just; impartial; fair
salib
cross for crucifixion
sahutan
an answer; a response
saksi
witness
salih
pious; virtuous
saing
compete; companion
sakti
supernatural power
bersaing: to compete; in the company of; side by side
pesaing: competitor; rival
saingan: competition; rivalry
menyaingi: to compete with; to rival; to accompany
salin
(1)to change clothes (2)to give birth
saku
pocket
salinan
a copy
sajak
poem
salah
(1)wrong (2)guilty; at fault
saling
mutual
saji
to serve (food)
salai
to roast; to dry over a fire
salir
to flow off; to drain away
sajian
a dish
salak
to bark
saliran
drainage
sakat
to make fun of; to tease
salam
peace; greetings
salji
snow
saki-baki
remainder; balance
salang
a method of execution
salur
to lead or channel into
sakit
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garbage of all sorts
saluran
a channel
sambar
to swoop down and seize; to snatch
sampai
(1)to reach; to arrive (2)till; until
salur darah
blood vessel
sambil
while; simultaneously
sampai hati
to have the heart to do something
part-time; subsidiary
sampan
salur kencing
urethra
sambilan
small boat
salur mani
vas deferens
sambil lalu
incidentally; by the way
samping
side; flank
salur nadi
artery
sambung
to fasten or join together; to continue
sampingan
a by product
salut
to coat; to enwrap
sambungan
continuation; connection; extension
sampuk
to interfere; to interrupt; to intervene
salut bunga
calyx
sambut
to welcome; to receive; to celebrate or observe
sampul
envelope; wrapper; cover
sama
same; together
sambutan
reception; welcome; response; celebration
samseng
gangster; hooligan
samak
tannin
sami
Buddhist monk
samudera
ocean; sea
rubbish; garbage; litter
samun
samar
dim; vague; obscure
sampah
to rob
sambal
spicy condiment
sampah sarap
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sana
there
sangkut-paut
involved; implicated
sanggah-menyanggah
to oppose; to protest against
sanak saudara
relatives
sangsi
sanggama
union; confederation
to doubt; to be suspicious
sandang
sanjung
shoulder-strap
sanggul
to praise; to flatter; to adulate
coiffure; knot of hair
sandar
to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
sanjungan
flattery; adulation
sanggup
willing; ready; able; capable
sandar-menyandar
to depend on one another
santai
sangka
relaxation
to presume; to expect; to guess
sandaran
santan
prop; support; maintenance
sangkaan
presumption; conjecture; guess; imagination; expectation
near; close; adjacent
sangkak
sanding
coconut milk
santap
to eat and drink (of royalty); to dine
to hinder; to obstruct; to impede
sangkal
(1)to deny (2)handle (of hammer)
sandiwara
stageplay; concert
santapan
food; dishes; meal
sangkalan
denial
sang
santun
honorific epithet
well-mannered
sangkar
cage
sangat
sanubari
very; extremely
heart; emotions
sangkut
stuck; attached
sangga
to support
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to greet; to speak to; to address
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sarapan
sapaan
breakfast
sastera
greeting; salutation
literature
sarat
sapi
heavily loaded
cow or bull
saribunga
corolla; petals
sapu
to wipe; to sweep; to rub gently
sapu tangan
handkerchief
sasterawan
male scholar
sasterawati
female scholar
saring
to filter; to refine; to sift; to sieve; to purify
sasul
overshot; gone too far
sara
pension; allowance
saringan
refinement; preliminary rounds of contest
satah
plane; flat; level
sara hidup
livelihood
sarjana
scholar
satu
one
saraf
nerve
sarjana muda
bachelor's degree
satu-satu
sarung
satu-satunya
the only one
one by one
saran
to suggest; to propose
sarong; sheath; cover; wrapper
saranan
suggestion; proposal; propaganda
sasa
saudagar
strong; sturdy
merchant; trader
sarang
nest; web
sasar
saudara
eccentric; odd; confused; crazy
brother or sister; relative; comrade
sarap
to have breakfast
sasaran
target
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saudara-mara
relatives in general
saudari
female relative or friend
sayat
sebal
to slice
resentful; disillusioned; dissatisfied
sauh
anchor
sayu
sebar
sad; melancholic
to spread; to
saujana
spacious; extensive
sayup
sebaran
very faintly visible or audible
seed
sauk
a scoop
sayup-sayup
vague; indistinct
sebat
sayur
sebatan
to whip; to cane; to steal
sawah
rice-field
vegetable
sawan
whipping; caning
sayur-sayuran
variety of vegetables
sebaya
fits; epilepsy
sayur-mayur
variety of vegetables
seberang
cobweb
se
sebu
sawang
sawat
belt
similar (of age, looks)
opposite side (of river, road); across
one; same; a; an
choked (of nose); full (of stomach)
sebut
to utter; to mention; to say; to pronounce
saya
sebab
I; my; me
reason; cause; because
sebutan
expression; utterance; pronunciation
sayang
sebab-musabab
reason
love; affection
sedak
to choke; to hiccup
sayap
sebak
wing
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sedang
sedutan
(1)to be in the process of; while (2)medium (size); average;
sufficient
inhalation; suction
segi tiga
triangle
segak
sedap
smart-looking; chic; elegant; stylish
segi tiga sama kaki
isosceles triangle
all; entire; whole; every
segi tiga sama sisi
equilateral triangle
pleasant (of taste, smell); nice (of voice); tasty; delicious
sedar
segala
conscious; aware
sedekah
segala-galanya
everything
alms
sejahtera
peaceful
sederhana
moderate; average; medium; simple
segan
shy; bashful
sejak
since
sedia
segan-silu
bashful
ready; prepared; willing
sejarah
history
sediakala
segar
immemorial; old; of long past
fresh
sejat
to evaporate
sedih
sad; sorrowful
segar-bugar
fit; like new
sejuk
cool; cold
sedu
sobbing
segera
sedu-sedan
sobbing
without delay; urgent; quick
sekaligus
all at once
aspect; angle; view; side; facet
sekalipun
although
segi
sedut
to inhale; to suck up
segi empat
square
sekam
grain husk; chaff
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interval; gap; opening
selang
interval; pause
sekarang
now
seladang
wild ox
selaput
membrane
sekat
to block; to obstruct
selak
(1)a bolt (2)to pull out a garment
selaput mata
cataract
always
selar
sekatan
obstruction
selalu
branding iron
sekerap
scrap
selam
to dive
Selasa
Tuesday
sekoi
millet
selamat
safe
selasih
a type of plant
sekolah
school
selamat datang
welcome
selat
straits
sekongkol
conspiracy
selamat jalan
goodbye; farewell
selatan
south
seksa
to torture
selamat malam
goodnight
selawat
prayer for peace and prosperity
seksaan
suffering; torture
selamat pagi
good morning
selekeh
stain; smudge
sekutu
partner; ally
selamba
poker-faced; shameless
selekoh
curve; bend; twist
sela
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to ransack; to rummage
selempang
sash
selinap
to sneak away
seloroh
comical; joking; humorous
selendang
shawl
selindung
to hide; to conceal; to take cover
selsema
a cold (medical)
selenggara
to maintain; to look after; to keep in good condition
seling
alternate
seluar
trousers; pants
selera
appetite; zest
selingan
interlude
seluar dalam
underpants
confused
selubung
selerak
scattered
selirat
cover; veil
selesa
comfortable; leisure
selisih
difference; dispute; disagreement
seludup
to smuggle
selesai
finished; settled; completed
selit
to insert
seluk
to put the hand in the pocket
seleweng
to divert; to deviate
seliuh
sprained
selumbar
wooden splinter
selia
to inspect
selok
intricacy
seluruh
entire; whole
selidik
to investigate; to study; to do research
selok-belok
intricacy
selusup
to penetrate; to infiltrate
selimut
blanket
selongkar
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selut
mud
sembah
to worship; to idolize
sembilan
nine
semadi
(1)concentration (2)to bury
sembah salam
good wishes
semboyan
signal; alarm
semai
to sow; to plant seedlings
sembahyang
to worship; to pray
sembuh
to recover from ill-health
semaian
nursery; seedlings
sembam
to fall in a prone position or on one's face
sembul
to protrude
semak
(1)bush; undergrowth (2)to check (3)to revise
sembang
chatter
sembunyi
to hide; to conceal
semak-samun
undergrowth of all kinds
sembap
to swell
sembur
to spout; to spray; to sprinkle
semangat
spirit; zest; enthusiasm; soul; vigour
sembarang
arbitrary
semenanjung
peninsula
semangka
watermelon
sembarangan
at random
semenjak
since
semarak
splendour; excellence
sembelih
to slaughter
semenjak itu
ever since
semat
a pin
sembelihan
slaughter; bloodshed
sementara
temporary; while
semayam
To reside; to sit; to rest (of rulers)
sembelit
constipation; constipated
sementara itu
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meanwhile
semuanya
wholly; entirely
sendat
tight; close-fitting
semerbak
fragrant
semut
ant
sendawa
to belch; to burp
semesta
all; entire; the whole
sen
cent
sendeng
slanting; sloping; leaning; askew
semesta alam
the whole universe
senak
tight; feeling stuffed
sendi
joint
sempadan
boundary
senak perut
indigestion; feeling of fullness in abdomen
sendiri
alone; on one's own
sempang
hyphen
senam
to do physical exercise
sendiri-sendiri
each; individually
physical exercise
senduk
sempat
having the time; early
senaman
ladle
sempena
in conjunction with; in commemoration of
senang
easy; comfortable; free (from care)
sengaja
purposely; intentionally
sempit
narrow
senapang
gun
sengal
pain in the joints; rheumatism
sempurna
complete; perfect
senarai
list
sengat
a sting
semua
all
senda
joke
sengau
nasal (of voice)
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fine language
senonoh
proper; decent; well-behaved
senget
slanting; inclining
seni bina
architecture
sentak
to jerk; to pull suddenly
senggugut
dysmenorrhoea
seni lukis
art of painting or drawing
sental
to rub; to scrub; to erase
sengguk
to nod
seni ukir
sculpture
sentap
to tug; to pull sharply
sengih
to grin
seniman
male actor
senteng
short or scanty (of clothes)
sengihan
a grin
seniwati
actress
sentiasa
always
sengit
violent
senja
dusk; twilight
sentosa
peaceful; tranquil
sengkang
a dash
senjakala
evening
sentuh
to touch
sengketa
a dispute
senjata
weapon; arms
sentuhan
contact
sengsara
suffering; agony
senjata api
firearms
senyap
quiet; silent
seni
(1)art; skill (2)fine
senjata berat
artillery
senyap-senyap
quietly; without anybody's knowledge
seni bahasa
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verandah; porch
senyum
to smile
sepit
tweezers; pincers; chopsticks
serampang
a harpoon
senyuman
a smile
sepoi-sepoi
gentle; mild
serang
boatswain
sepah
(1)to chew (of betel leaf) (2)scattered
sepoi-sepoi bahasa
soft breeze
serangan
an attack; an assault
sepak
(1)to slap (2)to kick
sepuh
gilt
serangga
insect
sepanduk
banner; placard
serabut
fibre
Serani
Eurasian
separa
a section only
serah
to surrender
serap
to absorb
separuh
half; semi
serahan
something that is submitted
serapan
absorption
sepatu
shoe
serai
lemon-grass
serapah
a curse
sepatu besi
horse-shoe
serak
hoarse (of voice)
seraya
while; simultaneously
seperti
like; such as
seram
terrifying; frightful
serba
all
sepi
quiet; desolate; deserted
serambi
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serba aneka
various; all sorts
sergam
conspicuous
serong
askew; crooked; unfaithful; insincere
serba-serbi
various sorts
seri
(1)splendour; brightness (2)royal honorific (3)a draw or tie (of a
game)
seronok
enjoyable; pleasant
serban
turban
Seri Paduka
His Majesty
serpih
a chip; a fragment; a splinter
serbu
to invade; to attack
serigala
wolf; jackal
serpihan
a chip; a fragment; a splinter
serbuan
a raid; an attack
serik
to discourage
serta
(1)together with; along with (2)as soon as
serbuk
powder
sering
often; frequently
serta-merta
immediately
serempak
coming suddenly and unexpectedly
seringkali
often; frequently
seru
to cry aloud; to exclaim; to call
serentak
simultaneously
seringai
a grin
seruan
an exclamation
seret
to drag
serkap
conical fish-trap
seruling
flute
sergah
startling
serkup
conical coop
sesah
beat with a cane
sergahan
a snarl; act of startling
serlah
gleaming white against dark background; exposed
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sesak
congested; tight; crowded; packed
sewa
rent; lease
siap
ready; prepared; finished; completed
sesal
regretful; repentant
sewaan
rental
siap sedia
ready; well-prepared
hire purchase
siapa
sesalan
repentance
sewa beli
who; whose
sesat
lost; gone astray
sfera
sphere
siar
to stroll
sesuai
suitable; appropriate
sia-sia
useless; futile; in vain
siaran
a broadcast
sesungut
feeler; antenna
siak
mosque caretaker
siasat
to investigate
seterika
iron (for clothes)
sial
unlucky; unfortunate
siasatan
investigative; investigation
seteru
enemy; foe
siamang
a gibbon
siat
to tear into small pieces; to shred
setia
loyal; faithful
siang
(1)daytime (2)to cut up and clean (meat or fish)
sibuk
busy
setiausaha
secretary
siang hari
daytime
setinggan
squatter
siang-siang
early
sibur-sibur
dragon-fly
sidai
to hang out (clothes)
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a set-square
simpang
junction
sidang
council; board; meeting
sila
(1)please (2)to sit cross-legged
simpangan
cross-roads
the past
simpang-siur
criss-crossing
a cross
simpul
sifar
zero
silam
sifat
characteristic; feature; quality
silang
a knot
sifir
an arithmetical table
silap
wrong; mistaken
simpulan
a knot; a bond
sihat
healthy
silau
glitter; dazzle
simpulan bahasa
an idiom
alternate
sinar
sihir
magic; sorcery
silih
a ray; a beam (of light)
sijil
certificate
silu
shy; bashful; timid
sinaran
a ray; a glow; a gleam; a glitter; illumination
sikap
demeanour; attitude
simbah
soaked; wet
sindir
to hint; to insinuate; to tease; to mock
sikat
(1)a comb (2)a bunch (of bananas)
simpan
to keep; to store; to save (money)
sindiran
insinuation
siku
elbow
simpanan
savings
singa
lion
siku-siku
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scale (of fish)
singgah
to stop by on the way
sipu
shy; bashful
sisip
to insert
singgahsana
throne
siput
snail
sisipan
insertion
singgung
to insult; to offend
siram
to water
sisir
(1)to comb (2)a comb (of bananas)
singkap
to reveal; to expose; to lay open; to lift (skirt)
sirap
slightly raised
siswa
undergraduate
singkat
short; brief
sirat
netting; mesh
sita
forfeited; confiscated
singkatan
abbreviation
sirih
betel leaf
sitaan
confiscation; confiscated goods
singkir
to expel; dismiss
sirip
fin
situ
there
singsing
to roll up (sleeves; trousers)
sisa
remainder; leftovers
siul
to whistle
sini
here
sisi
side; edge
siulan
whistling
sinis
cynical
sisih
to stay apart
siuman
recovered consciousness; sane
sipi
off target
sisik
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soal
to question
songkok
Malay male head-dress
sotong
cuttlefish
soalan
a question
songsang
upside down; inverted
sua
to meet; to encounter; to join
soal selidik
questionaire
sopan
respectful; courteous; polite
suai
suitable; fit; appropriate
sodok
to shovel
sopan santun
courtesy; politeness
suai kenal
orientation
sogok
a bribe
sorak-sorai
applause; cheering
suam
lukewarm; feverish
sokong
to support; to back up
sorakan
applause; cheers
suami
husband
sokongan
support; backing
sore
afternoon; early evening
suap
(1)to feed (2)to bribe
solek
make-up
sorok
to hide; to conceal
suara
voice
sombong
proud; conceited; snobbish
sorong
to push forward; to shove; to urge
suara hati
conscience
sompek
chipped
sorot
(1)ray; beam (2)to review
suara ramai
opinion of the majority
sondol
to butt with lowered head
sorotan
(1)glow; radiation (2)reflection; review
suasana
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mood; atmosphere; situation; circumstances
sudi
willing
sukan
sport
suatu
one; a
sudip
wooden ladle
sukar
difficult; hard
subahat
accomplice
sudu
spoon
sukarela
voluntary
subang
ear-ring; ear-stud
sudut
corner; angle; aspect; point of view
sukarelawan
volunteer
sadness; grief; sorrow
sukat
subuh
dawn
sugul
quantity; capacity
subur
flourishing; healthy; fertile
suhu
temperature
sukatan
measurement; assessment
suci
chaste; pure; virtuous; holy
sujud
prostrate (in prayer)
suku
a quarter
sudah
already; finished
suka
like; enjoy
suku kata
a syllable
delighted; happy
suku bangsa
tribe
gay; happy
suku-sakat
family; clan
glad; happy; cheerful
sula
sudahlah
that's enough
suka hati
sudahnya
finally
suka ria
sudah-sudah
past; bygone
sukacita
to impale
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(1)to donate; to contribute (2)indecent; immoral
sumpitan
blow-pipe
sulah
bald
sumbangan
contribution
sumsum
bone marrow
sulam
to embroider
sumbangsih
contribution; aid; alms
sumur
a well
sulaman
embroidery
sumbat
(1)cork; stopper (2)tight (hole)
sunat
circumcision
suling
distilled
sumber
source; resource
sungai
river
sulit
(1)secret; confidential (2)difficult
sumbing
torn; split
sungguh
true; real; indeed
sultan
Muslim ruler
sumbu
horn of a rhinoceros
sungguh-sungguh
truly; really; indeed; ernestly
oath; solemn promise
sungguhpun
although
sultanah
Muslim ruler's consort
sumpah
suluh
a torch
sumpahan
curse
sungkur
(1)to lower one's head (2)a shovel
sulung
the first; the eldest
sumpah-sumpah
chameleon
sungut
feeler; antenna
sulur
tendril
sumpit
shoot with a blow-pipe
sungut-sungut
feeler; antenna
sumbang
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worried; troubled
sunti
a female child
suratkhabar
newspaper
susah-susah
to bother; to take the trouble
suntik
to inject; to inoculate; to vaccinate
surau
Muslim prayer house
susila
ethical
suntikan
injection; inoculation; vaccination
suri
queen
susu
milk
sunting
an ornament worn in the hair
suri rumahtangga
housewife
susuh
a spur (of cock)
suntuk
short of time; overdue
suria
the sun
susuk
figure; shape
sunyi
quiet; lonely
suruh
to order or instruct
susuk badan
bodily shape or figure
an order
susul
supaya
so that; in order to
suruhan
to follow
surah
a chapter of the Koran
suruhanjaya
commission
susulan
follow-up
surai
(1)to disperse (2)tress; horse's mane
surut
to subside; to ebb; to decrease
susun
pile; layer
suram
gloomy; hazy; dim
susah
(1)difficult (2)misery; worry
susunan
arrangement
surat
letter
susah hati
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susup
to enter secretly; to infiltrate
syahid
martyr
syok
attractive; appealing; pleasant
susur
edge; fringe; margin; border
syair
poem
syor
suggestion; recommendation
susut
to decrease; to shrink
syaitan
satan; the devil
syukur
thanks; gratitude
sutera
silk
syak
suspicion
syurga
heaven
sutradara
director of a play or film
syarah
to lecture
T
swasta
private (not public)
syarahan
a lecture
taat
obedient; faithful; loyal
Syaaban
eighth month of the Muslim calendar
syarat
condition; requirement; prerequisite
tabah
determined; persevering
syabas
well done; good
syariah
Islamic law
tabal
to install; to inaugurate
syah
ruler
syarikat
company; corporation
tabiat
habit; behaviour
syahbandar
harbour-master
Syawal
tenth month of the Muslim calendar
tabii
natural; inborn
syahdan
meanwhile; then; furthermore; moreover
syirik
polytheism
tabik
a salute
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kindergarten
tahi
dung
tabir
curtain; screen
tafakur
meditation
tahi arak
an alcoholic
tabuh
a mosque drum
tafsir
interpretation
tahi judi
a gambler
tabung
money-box; fund; tube
tagak
(1)durable; lasting (2)to hesitate; to dilly-dally; to defer
tahi mata
eye discharge
tabungan
savings
tagih
tabung uji
test tube
to crave for; addictive
tahi telinga
ear wax
to endure; to last; to tolerate
tahniah
tahan
congratulations
tabur
to scatter; to disseminate
tahan api
fireproof
tahu
(1)to know (2)soya
tadah
to receive with both palms
tahan lasak
hardy
tahu-tahu
without being aware of
tadahan
catchment
tahan uji
endurance test
tahun
year
tadbir
administrative
tahanan
detention
tahunan
annual
tadi
just now
tahap
level; stage
tahyul
superstition
tadika
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reservoir
taja
to sponsor
takhta
throne
takut
afraid
tajaan
sponsorship
takik
notch; indentation
takwim
almanac; calendar
tajak
a hoe
takjub
astonished; amazed
takziah
condolence
tajam
sharp
takkan
impossible; can't; won't
takzim
high respect
tajuk
title
taklimat
briefing
tala
(1)tune; pitch (in music) (2)padlock
tak
no; not (abbreviation of tidak)
takluk
to subject; to subdue; to subjugate
talak
divorce
takabur
proud; arrogant
takrif
definition; description
talam
tray
takal
pulley
taksir
to assess; to evaluate; to appraise
tali
rope
takar
glass or porcelain jar
taksiran
assessment; estimate; evaluation
talian
a line (of telephone)
takat
extreme degree or limit
takung
stagnant
talu
to flog; to wallop
takdir
destiny; fate
takungan
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tamadun
civilization; civilized
tampak
visible
tamsil
parable; analogy
tamak
greedy
tampaknya
apparently; obviously
tamsilan
comparison
taman
park; garden
tampal
to patch; to plaster
tamu
guest
tamar
date (fruit)
tampalan
a patch; a plaster; a poultice
tanah
soil; land; ground
tamat
finished; ended; terminated
tampan
(1)handsome; smart-looking (2)to stop something moving
tanahair
motherland
tambah
to add; to increase
tampar
to slap
tanah gambut
peat
tambahan
addition; an increase; additional
tamparan
a slap
tanah gembur
loam
tambak
embankment; dyke
tampi
to winnow or sift
tanah jajahan
colony
tambang
fare (for transport)
tampil
to appear; to come forward
tanah liat
clay
tambat
to tie up; to moor
tampuk
calyx
tanah pamah
plains
tambatan
connection; mooring buoy
tampung
to bear; to endure; a patch
tanah tumpah darah
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motherland
tandu
stretcher
tanggungan
responsibility; obligation; surety
palanquin
tanggungjawab
responsibility
horn
tangis
tanak
to cook rice
tanduan
tanam
to plant
tanduk
to weep
tanaman
plants
tangan
hand
tangisan
weeping; crying
tanam-tanaman
all kinds of plants
tangga
ladder; stairs; a scale
tangkai
a stalk; a handle; a stem
tanda
sign; mark; symbol
tanggal
(1)to drop off; to take off (2)date (of calendar)
tangkai jering
stingy
to listen carefully
tangkal
tandan
bunch; cluster (of bananas, etc.)
tanggap
an amulet; a talisman
tandang
visit
tanggapan
response; reaction; notion; idea
tangkap
to catch
tandas
toilet; latrine
tangguh
tandatangan
signature
postpone
tangkapan
a catch; the capture
a small fishing net
tangkas
tangguk
nimble; agile
tanding
to compete
tanggung
(1)to bear; to be responsible (2)inadequate
tangkis
to ward off; to repulse; to repel
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filtrate
tasik
lake
tanglung
lantern
tara
equal; par; even
tata
system; order
tangsi
barracks
taraf
standard; status; level
tataacara
agenda
tani
farming
tarah
to plane wood
tatabahasa
grammar
to dance
tatacara
tanjak
(1)head-dress (2)going obliquely upwards
tari
procedure
tanjung
cape (land jutting out into the sea)
tarian
a dance
tatahukum
legal system
to pull
tatasusila
code of ethics
date (of the calendar)
tatatertib
tanpa
without
tarik
tanya
to ask; to enquire
tarikh
discipline
tapa
hermitage
taring
tusk; fang
tatah
inlaid work
tapak
palm of the hand; sole of the foot; base; site
taruh
(1)stake; bet (2)to put; to place
tatahan
inlay
tapis
to filter; to sieve; to censor
tarung
to clash; to dispute; to quarrel
tatang
to carry in the palm of the hand
tapisan
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tasteless
tatap
to observe intently; to scrutinize
taun
cholera
tawar-menawar
to bargain; to haggle
Old Testament
tawarikh
tatapan
scrutiny
Taurat
history; annals
tatih
unsteady; wobbly; to toddle
taup
united; connected; joined together
tayang
to show; to display; to screen (a film)
tatkala
when
taut
joined together; united (of wound)
tayangan
a show; a display; a screening
taubat
repentance; penitence
tawa
laugh
tebal
thick; dense (of growth)
taufan
typhoon
tawan
to capture; to captivate; to conquer
tebang
to fell (a tree); to cut down
tauge
bean sprout
tawanan
a prisoner; a captive
tebar
scattered; to scatter (seeds); to cast (a net)
tauhu
soyabean curd
tawar
(1)tasteless (2)to bargain
tebas
to clear the undergrowth
tauke
Chinese business proprietor
tawaran
an offer
tebing
bank (of river)
taulan
friend
tawar hati
disheartened
tebu
sugar-cane
tauliah
letter of appointment; commission
tawar hambar
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tebuan
hornet
tegar
stubborn; obstinate
tekaan
a guess
tebuk
to pierce; to drill; to perforate
tegas
firm; well-defined; precise
tekad
will-power; determination
tebus
to recover or redeem by payment
tegasan
clarification
tekak
throat
tebusan
ransom; redemption
teguh
firm; secure; steady
tekan
(1)to press (2)to oppress; to ill-treat
teduh
protection or shelter
teguk
a gulp
tekanan
pressure; stress
tedung
cobra
tegun
to stop suddenly
tekap
(1)to trace (2)to cover
tegah
to forbid; to prohibit
tegur
to greet; to accost; to criticize
tekat
embroidery
tegahan
prohibition
teguran
criticism; greeting
teko
teapot
tegak
upright; erect
teh
tea
tekong
anchorman (in sports)
tegang
taut; tight; tense
teka
to guess
tekukur
large cuckoo-dove
tegap
well-built; sturdy; firm
teka-teki
a riddle
tekun
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diligent; hardworking; industrious
telapak
palm of hand; sole of foot
telur dadar
omelette
behaviour
telur masin
salted egg
a white praying veil used by Muslim women
telut
telaah
to study; to examine
telatah
teladan
example
telekung
to kneel
telaga
well
telentang
supine
teman
companion; friend
telagah
to quarrel; to disagree
telinga
ear
temasya
a show or event (cultural, musical)
telah
(1)already; have; did; has (2)to forecast; to predict
telingkah
to argue; to dispute; to quarrel
tembaga
copper: brass
telahan
prediction
teliti
care; close attention; accuracy; precision
tembaga merah
copper
bay
tembaga kuning
brass
telan
to swallow
teluk
telangkup
upside-down
telungkup
to lie prone
tembaga perunggu
bronze
telanjang
nude; naked
telunjuk
index finger
tembaga putih
pewter
egg
tembak
telap
permeable
telur
to shoot
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meet; encounter
tempelak
to rebuke; to reproach; to censure
tembak-menembak
a shoot-out
tembuni
tembakan
shooting
placenta; afterbirth
tempeleng
to slap on the face
perforated; penetrable
tempiar
tembus
scattered
tembakau
tobacco
tempa
to weld; to forge (metals)
tempik
a short loud cheer
tembam
plump
tempah
to reserve; to book
tempikan
loud shouting
tembelang
addled (of eggs)
tempahan
booking
temberang
to tell a lie; to brag
tempik-sorak
cheering
tempang
lame; crippled
tempoh
period of time
tembikai
watermelon
tempat
place; location
tempoyak
preserved durian
local
tempua
tembikar
porcelain; earthenware
tempatan
weaver bird
tembok
wall; embankment
tempayan
large earthen water-barrel
tempuh
to go or pass through
tembolok
crop, gizzard (of birds)
tempel
to stick; to paste; to glue
tempuling
harpoon
tembung
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to snarl
tempur
to clash
tengah
middle; centre
tengkingan
a snarl
tempurung
coconut shell
tengah hari
midday
tengkolok
head-dress
temu
to meet; to find
tenggala
a plough
tengkorak
skull
south-east
tengku
temu duga
an interview
tenggara
a Malay prince or princess
temu ramah
an interview
tenggek
to squat; to crouch; to perch
tengkuk
nape of neck
tenaga
energy; power; strength
tenggelam
to sink; to set (of sun)
tengok
to see; to consider
tenang
calm; quiet; still; composed
tengger
to perch
tentang
about; regarding
tenat
critically ill; exhausted
tenggiling
armadillo
tentangan
objection; opposition; resistance
tendang
to kick
tengik
rancid (of oil)
tentera
army; military; troops
tendangan
a kick
tengkar
to quarrel
tenteram
calm; peaceful; tranquil; quiet
tengadah
to look up
tengking
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tentu
sure; certain; definite
tepukan gemuruh
loud applause
teratai kecil
blue water-lily
tenun
to weave
tepung
flour
teratak
a small hut
tenung
(1)to forecast (2)to gaze fixedly
tera
stamp; official seal
terbang
to fly
tenungan
prediction
terajang
to kick and trample
terbit
to rise; to emerge; to appear
tenusu
dairy
teraju
weighing scales
terbitan
publication; issue; edition
tepak
a metal box
terang
bright; clear
teriak
a loud cry or shout
tepat
exact; precise
terang-benderang
very bright
terik
tight; excessive; unbearable
tepi
side; edge
terang-terang
clearly; frankly
terima
to receive; to accept
tepis
to push aside
terap
(1)to apply (2)mould (for cakes)
terima kasih
thank you
tepu
brimful; full
teras
core; essence
terima salah
plead guilty
tepuk
to clap
teratai
lotus
terjemah
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to translate
tertib
order; discipline; system
tetakan
a slash
terjemahan
translation
tertib nikah
marriage rites
tetamu
guest
terjun
to jump down; to dive
tertib sopan
tradition of politeness
tetangga
neighbour
terkam
to pounce on
terubuk
herring
tetap
specific; unambiguous; fixed; permanent
ternak
livestock
teruk
very bad; serious; severe
tetapi
but; yet
ternakan
breeding; rearing
teruna
youthful (male); young man
tetas
to slit open; to hatch
teroka
to open new land
terung
brinjal
tetek
breast
terompah
clogs (wooden footwear)
terus
straight; direct
tetes
drop (of fluid)
teropong
telescope
terusan
canal
tetesan
drops (of fluid)
terowong
tunnel
terus-menerus
continuously; non-stop
tewas
defeated
terpa
to leap; to spring forward; to pounce
tetak
to chop; to slash
tiada
no; not; not any
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to sleep soundly
tilik nasib
fortune-telling
three
timah
tiang
pillar; post
tiga
tin
tiap
every; each
tikai
quarrel
timang
to dandle; to caress; to rock (child)
tiarap
to lie prone
tikam
(1)to stab (2)to bet
timangan
darling; pet; nickname
tiba
to arrive; to reach
tikaman
a stab
timba
pail; bucket
tiba-tiba
suddenly
tikam dadu
gamble
timbal
balanced; equable
tidak
no; not
tikar
mat; rug
timbalan
vice; deputy
tidak apa
never mind
tikus
rat
timbang
(1)to weigh (2)to consider; to contemplate
tidak apa-apa
nothing
tilam
mattress
timbang rasa
sympathy
(1)to observe carefully; to gaze fixedly (2)to foretell
timbul
tidur
to sleep
tilik
to emerge; to appear; to float up
tidur ayam
to sleep lightly
tilikan
prediction; observation
timbun
heap; pile; mass
tidur mati
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to observe; to watch
timbus
to fill up (a hole); to bury
tindasan
oppression
tinjauan
observation; survey; review
timpa
to strike or hit (of falling object)
tindih
to press upon; to oppress
tinju
boxing
timpaan
obstacle
tindik
to pierce (ear)
tinta
ink
timpal
balanced; proportionate
tinggal
(1)to live (2)to leave (3)to stay behind (4)to be left
Tionghua
Chinese
timun
cucumber
tinggi
high; tall
Tiongkok
China
timur
east
tingkah
behaviour
tipis
thin; slim; fine (of thread); sheer (of material)
tindak
to take action
tingkahan
musical accompaniment
tipu
deceit; cheat; fraud
tindakan
action
tingkap
window
tirai
curtain
tindak balas
reaction
tingkat
storey; floor
tiram
oyster
tindak tanduk
behaviour; character; nature
tinkatan
form or grade (in school)
tiri
step-
tindas
to oppress; to suppress; to intimidate; to bully
tinjau
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tiris
to leak through
titisan
droplets; trickle
tokong
a Chinese or Buddhist temple
tiru
to copy; to imitate
tiup
to blow
tolak
(1)to push (2)to subtract (3)to reject
tiruan
imitation; counterfeit; a copy
tiupan
a gust (of air)
tolakan
a shove; a push; rejection
tirus
tapering
tocang
plait; braid (of hair)
tolak ansur
to give and take
titah
formal address or speech (royal); royal command
todak
sword-fish
tolak bala
to avert evil
titi
wooden bridge
togel
bald; tailless
toleh
to look back
titian
wooden crossing
tohor
shallow
tolok
equal; matching
titik
(1)a drop of liquid (2)a full-stop; a dot; a point
tok
grandfather
tolol
stupid
titikberat
emphasize
toko
shop
tolong
assistance; to help; please
titik dua
a colon (:)
tokoh
a figure; a personality
tolong-menolong
to help one another
titis
a drop
tokok
addition
tombak
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spear; lance; javelin
tonyoh
to scrub thoroughly
tuai
harvesting knife; to harvest
tombol
(1)knob (2)knot (in wood)
topang
support; prop
tuak
toddy; palm-wine
tompok
(1)spot; mark; blotch (2)heap; pile
topeng
mask
tuala
towel
tong
barrel; bin
topi
hat
tuan
sir; master
tonggek
protruding (of buttocks)
toreh
to tap (e.g. rubber)
tuan rumah
landlord
an incision
tuang
tongkang
lighter; flat-bottomed boat or barge
torehan
(1)to pour (2)to be absent
tongkat
walking-stick
toyol
a type of evil spirit or ghost
tuanku
sir (to royalty); your Highness
tongkol
cob (of maize); chunk; nugget
trengkas
shorthand
tuas
lever
tonjol
a hump or protrusion; to protrude
tua
(1)old; ripe (2)dark (of colour)
tuba
poisonous root used in fishing
tonton
to watch (as a spectator)
tua-tua
old; ripe; mature
tubi
persistently; repeatedly
tontonan
a show or display
tuah
luck; fortune
tubuh
body
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direction
tulen
pure; genuine
tubuh badan
the whole body
tujuan
intention; purpose; aim
tuli
deaf
tuduh
to accuse
tujuh
seven
tulis
to write
tuduhan
accusation
tukang
skilled workman
tulisan
writing
tuding
index finger; to point at
tukar
to change; to exchange
tulus
honest; sincere; heartfelt; straightforward
tudung
cover; lid; veil
tukaran
replacement
tumbang
collapse; fall
tugas
duty; task
tukar ganti
to substitute
tumbesar
growth (of plants, etc.)
tugasan
assignment
tukul
a hammer
tumbuh
to develop; to grow
tugu
monument
tulang
bone
tumbuhan
growth
contagious; infectious; to spread (disease)
tumbuh-tumbuhan
plants
third day after today
tumbuk
Tuhan
God
tular
tujah
to stab; to pierce
tulat
(1)to punch (2)to pound
tuju
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(1)upside-down (2)to ride
tumis
to fry
tumpul
blunt
tunggu
to wait
tumit
heel (of foot)
Tun
an honourable title
tunggul
tree stump
tumpah
to spill
tunai
(1)cash (2)accomplished
tungku
trivet; brazier
tumpahan
spillage
tunang
fiancé or fiancee
tungkus lumus
overworked
a bud; a sprout
tunjal
tumpah darah
motherland
tunas
to poke; to thrust
tumpang
(1)to reside (2)to take a lift or ride
tunda
(1)to tow (2)to postpone
tunjam
to dive; to plunge
tumpangan
lodging
tunduk
to bow; to submit
tunjuk
to show; to point
tumpas
to annihilate; to destroy
tunggak
(1)to be in arrears (2)tree stump
tunjuk ajar
guidance
tumpat
compact; packed; crowded; full
tunggakan
arrears
tunjuk perasaan
demonstration
tumpu
(1)to focus; to concentrate (2)to support
tunggal
sole; solitary; single
tuntun
to lead by the hand; to guide
tumpuan
focus; support
tunggang
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tuntut
(1)to claim (2)to study
tut
berubat: to be treated
mengubat: to treat
mengubati: to treat
pengubatan: treatment
perubatan: medical
terubat: curable; treatable
a graft
tuntutan
a claim; a demand
tutup
to shut; to close
ubi
tupai
squirrel
parsnip; tapioca
tutur
to speak; to talk; to converse
ubin
turas
tile
to filter
U
turun
to descend; to disembark; to come down
ubun
uak
crown or top part of the head
croak
ubun-ubun: crown or top part of the head
menguak: to croak
turunan
descent; genealogy
uap
yawn
turun-temurun
hereditary; from generation to generation
ubur-ubur
jellyfish
menguap: to yawn
ucap
make a speech
ubah
turus
berucap: to make a speech
ucapan: speech
mengucapkan: to express
pengucapan: utterance; expression
alter; change
main post or pillar
turut
to follow; to go along
turutan
mengubahsuaikan: to modify
berubah: to become changed
berubah-ubah: changing; inconsistent
mengubah: to change
pengubahsuaian: modification
perubahan: alteration; change
udang
grey hair
udara
uban
sequence
beruban: having grey hair
tusuk
skewer; pin
ubat
prawn
air; atmosphere
angkatan udara: air force
pesawat udara: aircraft
pos udara: air mail
pengudaraan: aeration
medicine
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ulit
croon
udik
mengulit: to sing (a child) to sleep
pengulit: lullaby
ulam
upstream
raw vegetable to be eaten with rice
ufuk
ulung
ulama
horizon; limit of knowledge or interests
first-born; eldest; superior
Muslim scholar
ugut
umang-umang
hermit-crab
ulang
threaten; intimidate
repeat
mengugut: to threaten; to intimidate
ugutan: threat; intimidation
ulang tahun: anniversary
berulang-alik: to commute; to travel back and forth regularly
ulang kaji: revision
berulang-ulang: repeatedly
mengulang: to repeat; to revise
mengulangi: to repeat
mengulang kaji: to revise
perulangan: repetition
uji
test
menguji: to test; to try out
ujian: examination; test
ujikaji: experiment
mengujikaji: to experiment
penguji: examiner
teruji: tested
ujibakat: audition
umat
humanity; religious sect or community; follower (of religion)
umbang
float; drift; sail
terumbang-umbang: floating; drifting; bobbing up and down
ular
snake
umbi
corm (underground stem); tuber
ulas
(1) clove; one division of a compound bulb such as garlic
(2) comment
ukir
carve; engrave; emboss
ulasan: a comment
ulasan buku: book review
mengulas: to comment; to review
pengulas: commentator
mengukir: to carve
ukiran: engraving; sculpture
berukir: to be carved; to be engraved
mengukirkan: to carve
pengukir: engraver; carver
pengukiran: engraving; carving
terukir: carved; engraved
umbuk
convince; persuade
mengumbuk: to convince; to persuade
umbut
ulat
edible palm pith
maggot; caterpillar; larva; worm
ukur
measure; assess
knead
mengukur: to measure; to assess
pita ukur: measuring tape
ukuran: measurement; size
pengukuran: measurement
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example
seumpama: such as; for instance; for example
mengumpamakan: to exemplify; to honour
perumpamaan: proverb; simile
perundangan: legislation
umpan
bait; lure; decoy
ungkap
mengumpan: entice; lure
undi
expression of feelings
vote; ballot
mengungkap: to express one's feelings
ungkapan: expression (word, phrase or mathematical symbol)
undian: vote; ballot
mengundi: to cast a vote
pengundi: voter
pengundian: voting
umpat
backbiting; spiteful talk; gossip; slander
umpatan: backbiting; defamation; calumny
mengumpat: to backbite; to gossip; to defame
pengumpat: slanderer
ungkit
repeat
undur
mengungkit: to reiterate (the past); to lift
pengungkit: lever
move backwards
umpil
berundur: to retreat
mengundurkan: to drive back
mengundur: to retreat; to postpone
pengunduran: withdrawal; postponement
lever
ungu
purple
umum
general; public
unggas
rapat umum: rally
mengumumkan: to announce
pengumuman: announcement
birds
unjuk
hold out; hand over
mengunjuk: to hold out; to hand over
unggis
gnaw; nibble
umur
unjur
age
stretch one's legs
berumur: aged
seumur: of the same age; all (one's) life
unggul
mengunjur: to stretch one's legs
superior
keunggulan: superiority
unsur
undan
element; constituent substance
swan; pelican
unggun
berunsur: characterised by
stack or pile (of wood)
undang
(1) invite; tempt (2) law
ungka
mengundang: to invite
undangan: invitation
unta
gibbon
ungkai
undang-undang
law; rules
camel
untai
untie; unfasten; undo
a chain; numeral coefficient for necklace,etc.
mengungkai: to untie; to unfasten; to undo
Bahasa Melayu
211/216
loose; apart
untuk
for; with a view to; in order to
menguraikan: to disentangle
penguraian: disentanglement; act of unravelling
memperuntukkan: to allocate
peruntukan: allocation
usang
decrepit; dilapidated; obsolete
urat
vein or nerve
untung
usap
stroke; caress
profit; advantage; luck
mengusap: to caress; to stroke
untung-untung: maybe; perhaps
beruntung: lucky; profitable
keuntungan: advantage; profit; benefit
menguntungkan: to bring profit
uri
placenta
usia
age
urus
manage
untut
elephantiasis
mengurus: to manage; to settle
urusan: matter; affair
berurusan: to deal; to do business
menguruskan: to manage; to arrange; to organise
pengurus: manager
pengurusan: management
terurus: arranged; regulated; organised
urusniaga: business deal
upacara
ceremony
berusia: aged
usik
disturb; tease
mengusik: to tease; to disturb
usikan: disturbance; teasing
upah
fee; wage
usir
urut
mengupah: to hire or let out for pay
chase away; expel; drive or force out
massage
mengusir: to chase away; to expel; to banish
pengusiran: exile; banishment
mengurut: to massage
berurutan: in sequence
upaya
means; ways; ability
berupaya: to be able to cope
berkeupayaan: capable
keupayaan: capability
mengupayakan: to endeavour; to strive
usul
usaha
motion or proposal put forward for discussion
effort
ura
discuss
mengusulkan: to propose; to suggest
usul periksa: thorough investigation
berusaha: to make an effort
mengusahakan: to perform; to work diligently
pengusaha: industrialist
perusahaan: industry
usahawan: entrepreneur
keusahawanan: entrepreneurship
usus
finished; over; dispersed
utama
intestine
ura-ura: discuss
memperurakan: to plan; to discuss
usai
mengusai: to disperse
urai
Bahasa Melayu
212/216
main; chief; special; most important
keutamaan: priority
mengutamakan: to give priority to
terutama: especially
vanila
waja
vanilla
steel
utara
(1) north (2) suggest
mengutarakan: to put forward an idea
video
wajah
video
facial features
utas
string; chain
virus
wajar
virus
appropriate; fitting; proper and right
sewajarnya: naturally
utuh
intact; complete; undamaged
visa
visa
keutuhan: perfection; totality; wholeness
wajib
compulsory; obligatory
utus
kewajipan: duty; obligation
mewajibkan: to compel
vitamin
send
vitamin
mengutus: to send
utusan: messenger; delegate
berutus: to correspond; to despatch
perutusan: message
wajik
sweet sticky rice cake
W
wabak
epidemic
uzur
wakaf
religious donation
sick; ill; not well; weak from age or illness
menguzurkan: to obstruct; to weaken
uzuran: debility
mewakafkan: to donate for a religious purpose
pewakaf: one who donates for a religious purpose
wacana
discourse; speech; lecture
wakil
agent; representative
wafat
V
to pass away
berwakilkan: represented by
mewakili: to represent
mewakilkan: to appoint as one's representative
perwakilan: representation
vaksin
vaccine
waham
suspicion; doubt
waktu
van
time
van
wahyu
revelation through a dream
Bahasa Melayu
213/216
sewaktu: while
pengewapan: vaporisation
mewartakan: to inform; to announce
walau
if
warak
devout; pious
wartawan
journalist
kewartawanan: journalism; journalistic
walaupun
although
waras
lucid; sane
kewarasan: sanity
warung
stall
walhal
in fact
wargakota
inhabitant of a city
walhasil
wasangka
suspicion
eventually; finally
warganegara
citizen of a country
wasiat
a will
wali
kewarganegaraan: citizenship
sponsor; godparent; guardian
mewasiatkan: to bequeath by a will
waris
wang
money; currency
heir
berwang: moneyed; having money
kewangan: financial
warisan: heritage
mewariskan: to bequeath
mewarisi: to inherit
pewaris: beneficiary; heir
waspada
cautious; gingerly
berwaspada: cautious
waswas
wangi
indecision; hesitation; doubt
fragrance
warkah
epistle; letter
mewangikan: to make fragrant
watak
character; role
warna
wanita
woman; female
colour
kewanitaan: feminity
berwarna: coloured
berwarna-warni: multi-coloured
mewarnakan: to colour
pewarnaan: colouring
perwatakan: characterisation
watan
native land
wap
vapour; steam
berwap: steaming
mengewap: to vaporise
Bahasa Melayu
warta
gazette; journal
214/216
watikah
letter of authority
yatim
orphan
wau
wisma
kite
house
yayasan
foundation (institution or fund)
wawancara
an interview
wujud
exist; become visible; become a fact
yu
shark
wawasan
vision
X
yuran
fee
X-ray
wayang
X-ray
performance on a screen
Z
Y
wayang gambar
cinema; movie
zahid
ya
ascetic; recluse
yes
wayang kulit
traditional Malay shadow play
mengeyakan: to say yes; to agree
zaitun
olive
Yahudi
Jew
wenang
power
zakar
penis
yakin
assured; confident
wibawa
authority
keyakinan: confidence; faith; trust
meyakini: to believe
meyakinkan: to assure; to convince
zakat
tithe
wilayah
administrative territory; province
zalim
yang
brutal; cruel; merciless
who; which; that
wira
kezaliman: cruelty
menzalimi: to oppress; to tyrannize
hero admired for his brave deeds
Yang Teramat Mulia
Highness
wirawan: hero
wirawati: heroine
keperwiraan: heroism
Bahasa Melayu
zaman
215/216
epoch; particular period or age inhistory; era
zuhur
zamrud
noon
emerald
Zulhijah
zapin
the twelfth month of the Muslim calendar
a song and dance of Arab origin
Bahasa Malaysia
http://pgoh13.free.fr/
Guide de conversation Anglais-Malais (1/2)
MémoCartes
Malais
24.02.2007
Zulkaedah
the eleventh month of the Muslim calendar
zarah
particle; atom
Bahasa Malaysia
zuriat
zat
descent: genealogy
nutritional value
ziarah
http://www.routard.com/
Le Vocabulaire du GDR Malaisie – Singapour
MémoCartes
Malais
24.02.2007
visit
berziarah: to visit
menziarahi: to call on; to pay a visit
penziarah: a visitor
Bahasa Melayu
zina
http://www.travlang.com/
Vocabulaire Français-Malais du voyageur
MémoCartes
Malais
24.02.2007
adultery
berzina: to commit adultery
penzina: adulterer
zirafah
giraffe
法中会话
Zuhal
Saturn
Fǎ-Zhōng Huìhuà
Guide de conversation Français-Chinois
MémoCartes
Chinois
24.02.2007
Zuhrah
Venus
Bahasa Melayu
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