Malay Loan Words in English
Submitted by Harry on August 13, 2008 – 8:00 amNo Comment
“Jakarta Guy”, as some sort of way of celebrating Indonesian independence day anniversary on 17th August, holds a quiz where Indonesians are asked to guess the Indonesian Malay origins of ten words in English. Most of them are very, very easy: … ketchup XVIII (earlier catchup XVII, catsup XVIII).— Chinese (Amoy) k?e-chiap, k?-tsiap brine of fish; cf. Malay kechap. Bamboo may …
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Malay Loan Words in English
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