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1. afakasi, n. and adj. View full entry 1934
...In Samoa or Samoan communities: a person of mixed European and Samoan ancestry, esp. a descendant of a European man and Samoan woman. Also with pl. concord: such...
2. Baba, n.4 and adj. View full entry 1858
...In the Malaysian and Indonesian region: a person of Chinese descent whose ancestors have been long settled in the region. Cf. PeranakanStraits Chinesestrait1....
3. Bugis, n. and adj. View full entry 1808
...A member of a people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes)....
4. bumiputra, n. and adj. View full entry 1966
...Malaysian citizens of indigenous Malay origin....
5. Dusun, n. and adj. View full entry 1783
...doosoon, dusun. In Malaysia, a village or settlement; (an area of) cultivated land....
6. half-pie, adj. View full entry c1926
...Halfway towards, imperfect, mediocre. Also absol. or as ...
7. Ibanag, n. and adj. View full entry 1885
...The name of one of the peoples inhabiting northern Luzon in the Republic of the Philippines; a member of this people....
8. Ifugao, n. and adj. View full entry 1859
...The name of a people of northern Luzon in the Republic of the Philippines, of a member of this people, and of their Malayo-Polynesian dialect....
9. kalua, adj. View full entry 1927
...Of meat (usually pork): baked underground in an imu (or in a manner intended to resemble this) until very tender, and typically served pulled apart into small pieces. Cf. imu...
10. kapai, adj. and adv. View full entry 1836
...Good, fine; also as an exclamation of pleasure or approval....
11. Kapampangan, n. and adj. View full entry 1963
...A member of a people of central Luzon island in the Philippines, principally inhabiting its central plain around the Pampanga river. Cf. Pampangan1....
12. kapu, adj. and n. View full entry 1933
...= taboo, tabu....
13. lata, n. and adj. View full entry 1884
...Pathol. A state of extreme suggestibility and imitative behaviour occurring among Malays; a disorder characterized by this....
14. makai, adv. and adj. View full entry 1873
...In a seaward direction....
15. Malagasy, adj. and n. View full entry 1835
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Madagascar, its inhabitants, language, or culture....
16. Malay, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A member of a people chiefly inhabiting Malaysia, Brunei, and parts of Indonesia, and characteristically speaking the Malay language....
17. Maori, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...The Polynesian language of the original people of New Zealand....
18. mauka, adv. and adj. View full entry 1875
...Towards the mountains; in an inland direction. Opposed to makai....
19. Minangkabau, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of or relating to a people inhabiting the highlands of Sumatra in Indonesia....
20. Moriori, n. and adj. View full entry 1865
...A member of the original Polynesian people of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand; a descendant of this people....
