Malay

[ mey-ley, muh-ley ]

/ ˈmeɪ leɪ, məˈleɪ /

of, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands.

of or relating to the language or culture of these people.

a member of the Malay people.

an Austronesian language of Malaysia and Singapore, differing from Indonesian only in orthography.

OTHER WORDS FROM Malay

non-Ma·lay, adjective, noun pre-Ma·lay, adjective

Kuching means ‘Cat City’ in Malay; nobody will look sideways at those who hug street strays or shriek ‘pusspusspuss!’

The Cat's Meow: Top 10 Destinations for Feline Fanatics |Lonely Planet |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As we'd once left Singapore, now Laila and I had recently been considering moving from the Malay Peninsula altogether.

The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks |Max Brooks |January 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
We might have created a force large enough to clear the Malay Peninsula, then Southeast Asia, and from there, who knows?

The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks |Max Brooks |January 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Malay Kris likewise ate his bravely and became small accordingly.

The Cat in Grandfather's House |Carl Henry Grabo

The hut was occupied by a Malay and his wife, from whom our informant gathered the following extraordinary account.

Mythical Monsters |Charles Gould
The Malay bent his head from above downwards, and disentangling his right hand from his shawl, he pointed imperiously to the door.

Dream Tales and Prose Poems |Ivan Turgenev
Qualla Battoo is the name of a small Malay town, which stood on the northwestern coast of Sumatra.

Dewey and Other Naval Commanders |Edward S. Ellis
Isolated and remote, but over one way was the coast of Indo-China, and over the other way was the coast of Malay.

Civilization |Ellen Newbold La Motte

Malay

/ (məˈleɪ) /

a member of a people living chiefly in Malaysia and Indonesia who are descendants of Mongoloid immigrants

the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

of or relating to the Malays or their language