| WORD | MALAY MEANING
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| AFRIT | goblin; mischievous elf or spirit
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| AGAMA | religion
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| AGAR | so that
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| AGAS | gnat; sandfly
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| AH | exclamation of surprise
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| AHA | exclamation of triumph
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| AIR | water
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| AIS | ice
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| AJAR | teach
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| ALANG | (1)crossbeam (2)of little account
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| ALAS | foundation; basis; framework; underlayer
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| AM | general (not detailed or specific); common
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| AMAH | female housekeeper; maid
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| AMIN | amen; so be it
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| AMIR | emir (Muslim ruler or commander)
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| ANTARA | among; between
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| ANTI | opposed to; counteracting; against
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| ANTING | pendulum
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| ARAK | (1)liquor (2)procession
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| ASAR | afternoon
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| ASRAMA | hostel
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| ATAP | roof
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| AYAH | father
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| AYU | pretty
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| AZAN | a Muslim call to prayer
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| BABAS | drift; sweep away
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| BAH | deluge; flood
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| BAIT | a poem with two lines; couplet
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| BAJU | clothes; dress
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| BALAS | reciprocate; reply; avenge
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| BALING | throw; fling
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| BALU | widow
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| BANDAR | town
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| BANDING | compare
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| BANTING | lambaste; reprimand severely
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| BANTU | help; assist; back; aid
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| BARING | lie down
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| BATIK | type of textile print
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| BAUK | sideburns; whiskers
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| BAUR | mix
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| BEGAR | headstrong; hard; firm
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| BELAH | to split; to bisect; to cut in half
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| BERES | in order; settled
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| BETA | I; me (used by king)
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| BETING | sandbar; sandbank
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| BIAS | deflect; refract
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| BIN | son of
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| BOH | cow's moo
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| BOLA | ball
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| BOLOS | pierced; penetrated; stripped off (hair, feathers, clothes, etc.)
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| BOO | exclamation of disapproval
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| BOR | tool for drilling
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| BORAK | talk idly
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| BUAT | make; do or perform
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| BULBUL | nightingale
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| BUNTAL | (1)bloated; pot-bellied (2)globe-fish
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| BUNTING | pregnant (of animals)
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| CAM | recognise; identify
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| CAP | stamp; print; trade mark
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| CARTA | chart; map; table; diagram
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| CAT | paint
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| CAUK | dimple
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| CUBIT | pinch
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| CUIT | beckon with finger
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| DADA | chest
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| DAFTAR | register
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| DAM | draughts (board game)
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| DAMAR | resin
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| DAMPING | intimate (friendship)
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| DAN | and
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| DARI | from (place or time)
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| DAS | gun or rifle shot
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| DEBAR | palpitation or throbbing
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| DEBUS | whistling or rustling sound
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| DENTING | a tinkling sound
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| DERING | a chime or burr
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| DERMA | donation
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| DEWAN | hall; council
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| DI | at
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| DUIT | money
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| EH | exclamation of enquiry
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| FAKIR | religious beggar
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| FIRMAN | divine decree
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| GADIS | girl
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| GAIT | hook
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| GALA | a type of resin
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| GALAH | pole
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| GALAS | to carry on the back
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| GAMELAN | Javanese orchestra
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| GANJA | cannabis; hemp
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| GENTIAN | fibre
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| GETAS | brittle
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| GILA | mad
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| GILAS | to crush; to run over
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| GORES | to scratch
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| GULA | sugar
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| GURU | teacher
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| GUS | simultaneously
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| HAD | limit
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| HAJI | a man who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
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| HAKIM | judge
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| HALAL | rightful; permissible; legitimate
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| HARAM | unlawful; forbidden; illicit
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| HASTA | length from elbow to tip of middle finger
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| HIJRAH | (1)Muslim era (2)to migrate
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| HUMA | dry field
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| IKAT | tie; bind
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| IMAM | Muslim spiritual leader
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| IRING | escort
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| IRIS | slice or thin broad piece
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| JAIL | (1)rod with noose of fibre (2)sneaky; nagging
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| JAM | clock; watch; hour
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| JAMBU | guava
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| JAMBUL | crest; tuft on head; plume on helmet
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| JIHAD | holy war
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| JIN | spirit
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| JUGA | also; too
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| JUN | June
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| KADI | Muslim judge
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| KAFIR | infidel; person with no religious faith
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| KAIL | fishing-rod
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| KAIN | cloth
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| KAIS | to scratch with the claws
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| KAKI | (1)foot; leg (2)measure of length equal to 12 inches
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| KAKIS | corrode
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| KALAM | writing pen
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| KALI | times; multiply
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| KALIS | proof; able to withstand
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| KAMI | we; us
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| KANJI | starch
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| KAPAS | cotton
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| KARA | all alone
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| KARAT | (1)rust (2)carat
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| KATA | word; to say
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| KELIM | hem (of cloth)
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| KHALIFAH | caliph
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| KHAT | hand-writing
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| KHUTBAH | sermon
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| KOPEK | to peel
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| KUDUS | holy; sacred; blessed
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| KUKU | nail; claw
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| KUKUS | to steam
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| KURUS | thin; lean
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| LADEN | to serve; to wait on
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| LADING | (1)a type of broad and curved chopper (2)a dug-out canoe
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| LAHAR | lava
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| LAIN | other; different
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| LALANG | long-bladed grass
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| LAMA | old; a long time
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| LAP | to wipe; to mop
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| LAPIS | layered
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| LARI | to run
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| LARIS | in damand; marketable
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| LEPER | flat-surfaced
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| LETUP | to explode
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| LIANG | a hole; a burrow
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| LIAR | wild; uncivilized
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| LIMA | five
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| LIMPA | spleen
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| LONG | a bottomless coffin
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| LULUS | to pass
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| LUNAS | (1)main point; source (2)keel
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| MAC | March
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| MADRASAH | Islamic school
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| MAHARAJA | emperor
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| MAHARANI | empress; queen
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| MAIN | to play
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| MAJLIS | council; meeting; assembly
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| MAK | mother
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| MALAR | constant; continuous
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| MALIK | lord
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| MANA | where
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| MANI | semen
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| MANIS | sweet
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| MARA | to advance
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| MARAH | angry
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| MASA | time; period; era
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| MASJID | mosque
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| MAUN | herbivorous
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| MAUT | death
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| MAYA | illusion; delusion
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| MI | noodles
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| MIMBAR | rostrum; pulpit
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| MIRING | oblique; slanting; to tilt
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| MODAL | capital
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| MU | you; abbreviation of `kamu'
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| MUFTI | Muslim religious expert
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| MURID | pupil; student
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| MUSANG | civet-cat
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| NADA | tone; intonation
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| NAGA | dragon
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| NAIK | ascend; rise; climb; ride
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| NANAS | pineapple
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| NAZIR | school inspector
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| NONA | miss; maam
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| NOTA | note
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| NYALA | flame
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| OH | exclamation of delight, pain or emphasis
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| OI | a shout for attention
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| OOH | exclamation of surprise, pleasure or pain
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| OPAH | grandmother
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| ORANG | person or people
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| PADANG | field
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| PADI | rice-plant; rice-grain with its husk
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| PALING | (1)the most; extremely (2)to turn away
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| PAMPAS | compensation
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| PANTUN | quatrain
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| PAPA | very poor
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| PAPAS | (1)to take off; to strip off (2)to counteract
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| PARA | prefix denoting large numbers or large amount
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| PARANG | chopping-knife
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| PARAS | face; level
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| PEKAN | town; marketplace
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| PEMBINA | builder
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| PENCIL | to isolate
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| PENING | dizzy; giddy; feeling confused
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| PERDU | base of tree trunk
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| PERI | nature; manner (of feelings, situations)
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| PIKUL | (1)a unit of weight (=133lbs.) (2)to carry on the shoulder
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| PINANG | (1)areca-nut (2)to propose (for marriage)
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| PINTA | to ask for; to request
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| PINTAS | to cut short; to intercept or interrupt; to cut across
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| PIPI | cheek
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| PIPIS | to mash or grind
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| PIPIT | sparrow
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| PITA | ribbon; tape
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| PLUMBUM | lead (metal)
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| PONDOK | hut; booth; shed
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| PONTIANAK | female vampire
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| PUJA | to worship; to adore
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| PULA | again; also; yet; too
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| PULAS | to twist; to wring
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| PUN | also
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| PURDAH | veil
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| PURI | castle; palace; city
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| RAGA | (1) basket (2) a kind of rattan ball (3) to show off
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| RAGI | yeast
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| RAI | to entertain; to celebrate
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| RAJA | king
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| RAJAH | diagram; chart
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| RAKUS | greedy
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| RAMAL | to predict; to forecast
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| RAMI | jute; hemp
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| RAMPING | slim; slender (of waist)
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| RANG | (1) a draft; a sketch (2) fallow (of land)
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| RANTING | twig
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| RATA | flat; level; even
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| RATU | queen
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| RATUS | hundred
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| RAYA | large; main; principle; great
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| REBUS | boiled
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| REBUT | to snatch; to seize; to grab; to scramble for something
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| RIA | jovial; joyful; cheerful
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| RINGGIT | dollar
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| ROMA | fine body hair
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| ROMAN | a person's looks or appearance
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| RONGGENG | a dance (for couples)
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| ROTI | bread
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| RUSA | deer
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| SAGA | a type of red seed
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| SAMA | same; together
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| SAMBAL | spicy condiment
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| SAMBAR | to swoop down and seize; to snatch
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| SAMPAN | small boat
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| SANDING | near; close; adjacent
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| SANG | honorific epithet
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| SARAN | to suggest; to propose
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| SARING | to filter; to refine; to sift; to sieve; to purify
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| SAWAH | rice-field
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| SEGAR | fresh
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| SELADANG | wild ox
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| SEN | cent
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| SERAI | lemon-grass
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| SERANG | boatswain
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| SERING | often; frequently
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| SIAL | unlucky; unfortunate
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| SIAMANG | a gibbon
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| SIRIH | betel leaf
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| SORE | afternoon; early evening
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| SULTAN | Muslim ruler
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| SUMPIT | shoot with a blow-pipe
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| SUMPITAN | blow-pipe
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| SURAH | a chapter of the Koran
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| SURAT | letter
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| TAK | no; not (abbreviation of tidak)
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| TALA | (1)tune; pitch (in music) (2)padlock
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| TALAK | divorce
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| TALI | rope
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| TAMBAK | embankment; dyke
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| TAMPAN | (1)handsome; smart-looking (2)to stop something moving
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| TANGIS | to weep
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| TAPA | hermitage
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| TAPIS | to filter; to sieve; to censor
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| TARA | equal; par; even
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| TARING | tusk; fang
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| TAUT | joined together; united (of wound)
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| TAWA | laugh
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| TERAS | core; essence
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| TETES | drop (of fluid)
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| TIMBAL | balanced; equable
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| TIPIS | thin; slim; fine (of thread); sheer (of material)
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| TITI | wooden bridge
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| TITIAN | wooden crossing
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| TITIS | a drop
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| TOKO | shop
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| TOMBAK | spear; lance; javelin
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| TONG | barrel; bin
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| TOPI | hat
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| TUAN | sir; master
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| TUBA | poisonous root used in fishing
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| TUN | an honourable title
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| TUNAS | a bud; a sprout
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| TUT | a graft
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| ULAMA | Muslim scholar
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| URUS | manage
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| UTAS | string; chain
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| UTUS | send
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| VAN | van
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| VIDEO | video
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| VIRUS | virus
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| VISA | visa
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| VITAMIN | vitamin
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| WALI | sponsor; godparent; guardian
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| WANG | money; currency
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| WAP | vapour; steam
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| YA | yes
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| YANG | who; which; that
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| YU | shark
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| ZAKAT | tithe
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| ZAMAN | epoch; particular period or age in history; era
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