See Also: malayan(medicine)
Malayan(dictionary)
Malayan Banking(finance)
Malayan Emergency(encyclopedia)
Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA)(encyclopedia)

Malayan (iou)



Malayan noun & adjective. L16.
[from MALAY or (in sense 1b) Malaya + -AN.]
A. noun.
a. = MALAY noun 1a. L16.
b. During the existence of the Federation of Malaya (from 1948 until 1963), a native or inhabitant of Malaya (regardless of race or creed). M20.
= MALAY noun 2. Now rare. E17.
b. adjective. = MALAY adjective 1. Also, of or pertaining to Malaya (see sense A.1b above). E17.
Malayan tapir a black and white tapir, Tapirus indicus, native to SE Asia and Sumatra.
Malayani'zation noun the action or process of Malayanizing something, as by introducing Malayan personnel M20.
Malayanize verb trans. make Malayan in character or composition, employ Malayans in M20.