Malay

Introduction

Malay is a language of Malaysia. It is spoken in Widespread in Peninsular Malaysia, parts of Sarawak. Also in Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Sint Maarten, United Arab Emirates, United States.

Dialects

Akit, Belitung, coastal Jambi, Coastal Terengganu, Deli, Inland Terengganu, Jugra-Muar-Melaka-Johor, Kelantan, Lubu, Northwestern Kalimantan, Orang Hulu, Orang Kuala, Pahang, Riau islands, Riau Mainland, Sakai, Sarawak (Sarawak Malay), Southeast Island, Southwestern Coastal Kalimantan, Tamiang, Upstream Western Kalimantan. Kedah Malay (See: Malay, Kedah?), Negeri Sembilan Malay (See: Negeri Sembilan Malay?), Jakun (See: Jakun?), Orang Kanaq (See: Orang Kanaq?), Orang Seletar (See: Orang Seletar?), Temuan (See: Temuan?), Sabah Malay (See: Malay, Sabah?), and Brunei (See: Brunei), are so closely related that they may one day be included as dialects of Malay (See: Malay). Coastal Terengganu, inland Terengganu, Kelantan most aberrant but evidently mutually intelligible with Patani (See: Patani?).

The Malay Verb

Verblist

• beburu -- to hunt
• bediri -- to stand
• begawe -- to work
• beguling -- to lie down
• bejalan -- to walk
• beli -- to buy
• belok -- to turn
• benapas -- to breathe
• bepikir -- to think
• berenang -- to swim
• buka -- to open, uncover
• datang -- to come
• duduk -- to sit
• gali -- to dig
• garuk -- to scratch
• genggam -- to hold
• gigit -- to bite
• hembus -- to blow
• idup -- to live, be alive
• ikat -- to tie up, fasten
• isap -- to sniff, smell
• isap -- to suck
• jatuh -- to fall
• lempar -- to throw
• makan -- to eat
• manjat -- to climb
• masak -- to cook
• mati -- to die, be dead
• membagi -- to split
• membunuh -- to kill
• mencuri -- to steal
• menjait -- to sew
• milih -- to choose
• mimpi -- to dream
• minum -- to drink
• muntah -- to vomit
• nagis -- to cry
• nanam -- to plant
• ndenger -- to hear
• nembak -- to shoot
• ngalir -- to flow
• ngeliat -- to see
• ngembang -- to swell
• ngitung -- to count
• ngomong -- to say
• nguap -- to yawn
• ngunyah -- to chew
• nujah -- to stab, pierce
• numbuk -- to pound, beat
• peres -- to squeeze
• potong -- to cut, hack
• pukul -- to hit
• sembunyi -- to hide
• takut -- to fear
• tau -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tebakar -- to burn
• terbang -- to fly
• tetawo -- to laugh
• tiduk -- to sleep
• tumbuh -- to grow
• tusuk -- to spit