3 Malay nationals and a Filipino were killed in the Davao bombing on Mindanao.
Source: tatoeba (958063)
Malay
//ˈmeɪ̯leɪ̯//
Synonyms for "malay" (12 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (6)
Related word relations
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3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
203 translations across 58 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- Maleis adj (of the Malay people)
- Maleis adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- Maleisies adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- Maleis name (the Malay language)
Arabic
1 entries- لُغَة مِلَايُو name (the Malay language)
Armenian
3 entries- մալայական adj (of the Malay people)
- մալայերեն name (the Malay language)
- մալայացի noun (Malay person)
Asturian
4 entries- malasiu adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malayu adj (of the Malay people)
- malayu adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malayu adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
Basque
1 entries- malaiera name (the Malay language)
Belarusian
1 entries- мала́йскі adj (of the Malay people)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мала́йски adj (of the Malay people)
Burmese
2 entries- ပသျှူး adj (of the Malay people)
- မလေး adj (of the Malay people)
Catalan
4 entries- malai adj (of the Malay people)
- malai adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malaia adj (of the Malay people)
- malaia adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
Chinese
1 entries- 馬來語 /马来语 name (the Malay language)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 馬來話 /马来话 name (the Malay language)
- 馬拉話 /马拉话 name (the Malay language)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 馬來人的 /马来人的 adj (of the Malay people)
- 馬來西亞的 /马来西亚的 adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- 馬來語的 /马来语的 adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- 馬來語 /马来语 name (the Malay language)
Czech
4 entries- malajský adj (of the Malay people)
- malajský adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malajština name (the Malay language)
- Malajec noun (Malay person)
Danish
4 entries- malajisk adj (of the Malay people)
- malajisk adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malajisk adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malaysisk adj (of the Malay people)
Dutch
4 entries- Maleis adj (of the Malay people)
- Maleis adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- Maleisisch adj (of the Malay people)
- Maleisisch adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
Esperanto
3 entries- Malaja name (the Malay language)
- malajino noun (Malay person)
- malajo noun (Malay person)
Finnish
4 entries- malaiji adj (of the Malay people)
- malaijien adj (of the Malay people)
- malaijinkielinen adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malesialainen adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
French
4 entries- malais adj (of the Malay people)
- malais adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malais adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malais name (the Malay language)
German
4 entries- malaiisch adj (of the Malay people)
- malaiisch adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- Malaiisch name (the Malay language)
- Malaiie noun (Malay person)
Greek
3 entries- μαλαισιανά name (the Malay language)
- Μαλαισιανή noun (Malay person)
- Μαλαισιανός noun (Malay person)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 馬來語 /马来语 name (the Malay language)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻōlelo Malaia adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
Hindi
4 entries- मलय adj (of the Malay people)
- मलय adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- मलेशियाई adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- मलय name (the Malay language)
Hungarian
4 entries- maláj adj (of the Malay people)
- maláj adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- maláj name (the Malay language)
- maláj noun (Malay person)
Icelandic
4 entries- malajískur adj (of the Malay people)
- malajískur adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malasískur adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malajíska name (the Malay language)
Indonesian
4 entries- Melayu adj (of the Malay people)
- bahasa Melayu adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- orang Melayu adj (of the Malay people)
- Melayu name (the Malay language)
Irish
1 entries- Malaeis name (the Malay language)
Italian
4 entries- malese adj (of the Malay people)
- malese adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malese adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malese name (the Malay language)
Japanese
1 entries- マレー語 name (the Malay language)
Kazakh
2 entries- малай тілі name (the Malay language)
- малай noun (Malay person)
Khmer
2 entries- ជ្វា adj (of the Malay people)
- ម៉ាឡេ adj (of the Malay people)
Korean
2 entries- 마인어 name (the Malay language)
- 말레이어 name (the Malay language)
Latin
2 entries- Malaeorum name (the Malay language)
- Malaicum name (the Malay language)
Macedonian
4 entries- малајски adj (of the Malay people)
- малајски adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- малајски name (the Malay language)
- Малаец noun (Malay person)
Malay
4 entries- Malaysia adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- Melayu adj (of the Malay people)
- bahasa Melayu adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- orang Melayu adj (of the Malay people)
Maltese
1 entries- Malajan noun (Malay person)
Manx
1 entries- Malayish name (the Malay language)
Mon
1 entries- ပရှူး adj (of the Malay people)
Navajo
1 entries- Maléízha bizaad name (the Malay language)
Nepali
4 entries- malayisk adj (of the Malay people)
- malayisk adj (of the Malay people)
- malaysisk adj (of the Malay people)
- malaysisk adj (of the Malay people)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- malayisk adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malayisk adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malaysisk adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malaysisk adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- malayisk adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malayisk adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malaysisk adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malaysisk adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
Persian
4 entries- مالایی adj (of the Malay people)
- مالایی adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- مالزیایی adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- زبان مالایی name (the Malay language)
Polish
4 entries- malajski adj (of the Malay people)
- malajski name (the Malay language)
- Malaj noun (Malay person)
- Malajka noun (Malay person)
Portuguese
4 entries- malaio adj (of the Malay people)
- malaio adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malaio adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malásio adj (of the Malay people)
Russian
4 entries- мала́йский adj (of the Malay people)
- мала́йский adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- мала́йский name (the Malay language)
- мала́йский язы́к name (the Malay language)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- Malaidheach adj (of the Malay people)
- Malaidheach adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- Malaidhis name (the Malay language)
- Malaidheach noun (Malay person)
Semai
1 entries- Gòp adj (of the Malay people)
Sicilian
3 entries- malisi adj (of the Malay people)
- malisi adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malisi adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
Slovak
3 entries- malajský adj (of the Malay people)
- malajský adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- Malajec noun (Malay person)
Slovene
1 entries- malajski adj (of the Malay people)
Spanish
4 entries- malayo adj (of the Malay people)
- malayo adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- malayo adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- malayo name (the Malay language)
Swedish
1 entries- malajiska name (the Malay language)
Tagalog
4 entries- Malayo adj (of the Malay people)
- Malayo adj (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
- Malayo adj (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
- Malayo name (the Malay language)
Thai
3 entries- มลายู adj (of the Malay people)
- ภาษามลายู name (the Malay language)
- ภาษามาเลย์ name (the Malay language)
Turkish
2 entries- Malayca name (the Malay language)
- Malezyalı noun (Malay person)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мала́йський adj (of the Malay people)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tiếng Mã lai name (the Malay language)
- tiếng Mã-lai name (the Malay language)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Singapore is called "Singapura" in Malay.
Source: tatoeba (1815473)
I've heard the Malay for "word" means "a piece of something broken off."
Source: tatoeba (2040111)
"Mata" means "eye" in Malay, "mata mata" is "an indefinite number of eyes"--or the police.
Source: tatoeba (2040115)
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