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1. gutta, n.2 View full entry 1852
...Short for gutta-percha...
2. hinaki, n. View full entry 1845
...A wicker eel-pot....
3. kahuna, n. View full entry 1886
...A Hawaiian priest or minister; an expert or wise man....
4. kelong, n. View full entry 1878
...A large fish trap built with stakes, common along the coasts of the Malay Peninsula. Also transf., a building erected over one....
5. padang, n. View full entry 1909
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: an open grassy space, esp. a playing field. Also occas.: scrub vegetation....
6. panguingue, n. View full entry 1904
...A card game of Filipino origin, resembling gin rummy, usually played with eight or ten decks (frequently with certain of their number cards removed). Cf. pan...
7. ranjau, n. View full entry 1783
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a sharp bamboo or iron stake or caltrop placed point upwards in the ground to hinder or injure an enemy or hunted animal....
8. silat, n. View full entry 1910
...The Malay art of self-defence, practised in a series of exercises as a martial art or accompanied by drums as a ceremonial display or dance....
9. wahine, n. View full entry 1773
...N.Z. A Maori woman or wife....
