"Mat Salleh" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /mat saleh/, [mät̚ säle̞h (note: Johor-Riau), -eh (note: Johor-Riau), -ɪh] (note: Johor-Riau) Forms: Mat Salleh ku [first-person, informal, possessive], Mat Salleh mu [possessive, second-person], Mat Salleh nya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: Spelling variant of mat salih, from mat (“a colloquial term for a specific person”) + salih (“weird”). Influenced, via folk etymology, by Salleh (a person name). It is presumably borrowed from English mad sailor, referring to unruly, drunk British sailors who fought at ports and a euphemism used by the colonial British authorities. Etymology templates: {{compound|ms|mat|salih|t1=a colloquial term for a specific person|t2=weird}} mat (“a colloquial term for a specific person”) + salih (“weird”), {{bor|ms|en|mad}} English mad Head templates: {{ms-noun|pl=-}} Mat Salleh (informal 1st possessive Mat Sallehku, 2nd possessive Mat Sallehmu, 3rd possessive Mat Sallehnya)
  1. (slang) white person, usually a male. Wikipedia link: Mat Salleh Tags: slang Synonyms: orang putih
    Sense id: en-Mat_Salleh-ms-noun-85s7a9d6 Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "note": "Johor-Riau"
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      "ipa": "-eh",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
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      "form": "Mat Salleh nya",
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      "ipa": "[mät̚ säle̞h",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
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      "ipa": "-eh",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "-ɪh]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
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