Why

"Why" in Malay

apa kena

((interrogative) for what reason)

apa pasal

((interrogative) for what reason)

kena apa

((interrogative) for what reason)

kenapa

((interrogative) for what reason)

mengapa

((interrogative) for what reason)

eh, eh

(exclamation of surprise)

kenapa

(the reason)

mengapa

(the reason)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.