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1. adat, n. View full entry 1783
...In the Islamic regions of South-East Asia: custom, accepted practice; (also) customary law....
2. agar-agar, n. View full entry 1769
...Any of various red algae from which agar may be extracted (cf. agarophyte); esp. any of several South-East Asian seaweeds of the genera Gracilaria and ...
3. Agong, n. View full entry 1976
...(An abbreviated title of respect for) the Malaysian head of state. Cf. the fuller form Yang Dipertuan AgungYang Dipertuan...
4. amok, n. and adv. View full entry 1663
...A name for: a frenzied Malay. (Found first in Portuguese form amouco, amuco.)...
5. anoa, n. View full entry 1845
...An animal of the genus of the same name; a small wild ox of Sulawesi....
6. attap, n. View full entry 1817
...The name used in Malayo-Javanese regions for any palm-fronds used in thatching, esp. those of the palm Nipa fruticans; hence, a thatch made of these. Also attrib....
7. 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....
8. babirusa, n. View full entry 1673
...A long-legged wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, endemic to Sulawesi and neighbouring islands, the male of which has upper canine teeth that grow upwards through the snout as horn-like curving tusks....
9. Bahasa, n. View full entry 1952
...The variety of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) or of Malaysia (Bahasa Malaysia). Also ellipt....
10. baju, n. View full entry 1820
...A short loose jacket worn in Malaya....
11. balachong, n. View full entry 1699
...A condiment for rice, much used in China, consisting of putrid shrimps or small fishes pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried....
12. ˈbankshall, n. View full entry 1688
...A warehouse....
13. banteng | banting, n. View full entry 1817
...A species of wild ox; = tsine...
14. bilian, n. View full entry 1812
...The ironwood of Borneo....
15. bilimbi, n. View full entry 1790
...A tree (Averrhoa Bilimbi, family Oxalidaceæ), growing in India and Sri Lanka, which yields a juice used as a native cure for skin-diseases; (also) the fruit of this...
16. binturong, n. View full entry 1822
...A prehensile-tailed civet, Arctictis binturong, found in southern Asia....
17. bomoh, n. View full entry 1851
...In Malaysia: a traditional healer; a person believed to have magical powers. Sometimes used as a title. Cf. dukun, pawang...
18. † ˈBuggess, n. View full entry 1699
...A name formerly used in the Indian Archipelago for a native soldier in European service....
19. Bugis, n. and adj. View full entry 1808
...A member of a people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes)....
20. bumiputra, n. and adj. View full entry 1966
...Malaysian citizens of indigenous Malay origin....
