ke

Phonetic spelling of -kah in a Johor-Riau accent.

Besar ke kecil?

Boleh ke tak?


dengan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋan.
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as [script needed] (daṅan).

Di samping itu, perlawanan persahabatan di antara pemain-pemain Bulu Tangkis Pengguna Dewan Lambak Kanan Brunei Darussalam dengan Pasukan Bulu Tangkis Pejabat Residen Bintulu diadakan pada 8 April di Dewan Kelab Kidurong Bintulu dengan perlawanan dimenangi oleh pasukan dari Negara Brunei Darussalam dengan kiraan 13-1.

2017 April 12, Sim Y. H., “Erat silaturahim dengan sukan badminton [Strengthen bond of friendship through badminton sport]”, in Media Permata, archived from the original on 2018-10-24:

Besides that, the friendship tournament between players of the Badminton Users' of the Lambak Kanan Hall in Brunei Darussalam and the badminton team of the Residents' Office of Bintulu was held on the 8th of April at the Kidurong Club Hall of Bintulu and the match was won by the team from the country of Brunei Darussalam with a 13-1 score.


apa

Indonesian: apa

→ Min Nan: 啊吧 (a-pā)

From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa (compare Maori aha).

Ya apa tidak?


sebab

Indonesian: sebab

Dia pergi sebab kena paksa saja.

Saya bukan pejuang bahasa sebab tatabahasa saya pun adakalanya tidak betul. Saya sama sahaja dengan kebanyakan rakyat yang memerhatikan kemerosotan hari demi hari terhadap kedaulatan bahasa ibunda orang Melayu ini. Saya mungkin boleh tidak peduli soal martabat bahasa kebangsaan ini. Tetapi sayang, sebab saya adalah generasi pertama yang dibuat uji kaji penggunaan bahasa Melayu sepenuhnya dalam sistem pendidikan kebangsaan.

2018 March 4, Abdul Razak Idris, “Kenapa akronim tidak ikut bahasa Melayu? [Why are acronyms not based on the Malay language?]”, in Utusan Malaysia, archived from the original on 2018-03-05:

I am not a language fighter because my grammar is sometimes not right. I am the same as most citizens that are observing day-to-day deterioration of the sovereignty of the mother language of the Malay people. It is possible for me to be unconcerned about the issue of dignity of the national language. However, it is a pity, because I was the first generation that had to experiment with the full usage of the Malay language in the national education system.


dan

Indonesian: dan

and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)


lagi

Indonesian: lagi

→ Tagalog: lagi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laɡi (emphatic particle). Cognate with Javanese lagi and Cebuano lagi.


yang

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (yaṃ).

kapal yang besar

Used to show that the following explanatory words are given importance or denotes a difference, similar to English relative that, which and who.

Adam tahu yang sebenarnya bukan dia yang menang.

Adam knows that it actually wasn't him who won.

(informal) Used to state the content or an explanation of the preceding word or sentence, similar to English conjunctive that.

Ramai orang yang ingin meminta autograf pelakon itu.

Many people wanted to ask for the actor's autograph.

Used to show that the following words or sentences are an explanation of the preceding words.


yg

(text messaging) Abbreviation of yang (“which”).


agar

Indonesian: agar


mcm

(informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of macam (“like, similar to”).


bila

Bila dia gelak, dia mesti tersenyum lebar.

When he laughs, he always has a wide smile.

(proscribed) Alternative form of apabila.


asal

Indonesian: asal

→ Ternate: asal

Etymology tree
Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor.
Malay asal
Borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). doublet of asli. Sense of interrogation extended from conjunction with overlap from elision of apa pasal or apasal from apa (“what”) + pasal (“cause, subject”).

etymon

as long as, only if, provided that, providing


atau

Borrowed from Sanskrit अथवा (athavā, “or, rather”).

bor+

Pada sūltan atau pada mantrī-nia

1812, William Marsden, A Dictionary of the Malayan language in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan, →OCLC, page 2:


tetapi

From Old Malay [script needed] (tathāpi) (attested in the Kota Kapur inscription), borrowed from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).


tapi

Clipping of tetapi, from Sanskrit तथापि (tathāpi).


kalau

From Sanskrit काल (kāla, “occasion, circumstance, time”) + Arabic لَوْ (law, “if”), or alternatively from Hokkien 假如 (ká-lû, “if”).

der

Ungkapan panjang, ‘Kalau hendak kenal peribadi bangsa, renunglah pada bahasanya’ kerap kali juga kita dengar sepanjang hidup kita.

2016 September 15, Assim Hassan, “Kalau tidak kita, siapa lagi? [If not us, then who?]”, in Sinar Harian, archived from the original on 2016-09-16:

The expression, "If [somebody] wants to get to know the personality of a nation, look at their language," is often heard by us throughout our lives.


supaya

سوڤايا (Jawi)

Probably from sa- + upāya (“aim, means, way, stratagem, craft”)


kalo

(informal, colloquial) Alternative form of kalau (“if”)


jika

Indonesian: jika


kerana

From Sanskrit कारण (kāraṇa, “cause; reason”) (compare Indonesian karena). Doublet of kerani.

Keranamu kami bebas merdeka,
Keranamu nyawa dipertaruhkan,
Keranamu rela kami berjuang,
Demi bangsa kedaulatan negara.

2000, “Keranamu Malaysia”, Siso Kopratasa (Syed Indera Syed Omar) (lyrics), Pak Ngah (Suhaimi Mohd Zain) (music):

Because of you we are free and independent,
Because of you lives were at stake,
Because of you we are willing to fight,
For our nation and sovereignty.


jikalau

جکالاو (Jawi)


pasal

Ali suka matematik pasal dia dah lama terdedah kepada mata pelajaran tu.

Ali likes mathematics because he has been exposed to that subject for a long time.


bahawa

Indonesian: bahwa

Saya tahu bahawa dialah orangnya.


apabila

اڤابيلا (Jawi)

Compound of apa (“what”) + bila (“when”).

com+

Apabila kamu bergerak ke sekolah, jangan lupa bawa fon sekali.

When you go to school, don't forget to bring your phone with you.


walau bagaimanapun

ms-conj

والاو باݢايماناڤون

walau bagaimanapun (Jawi spelling والاو باݢايماناڤون)

والاو باݢايماناڤون (Jawi)

walau (“and if; although”) + bagaimanapun (“no matter how or what”).

com

Mereka menjadi berang, walau bagaimanapun akhirnya bendera itu diturunkan.

1988, Ismail Babu, Kisah Seorang Perajurit, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, page 124:

They grew angry, but in the end the flag was taken down.


walaubagaimanapun

walau bagaimanapun
walau bagaimanapun#Malay


melainkan

ملاءينکن (Jawi)

Melainkan awak tak ada pendirian, awak tak patut takut menyuarakan pandangan diri awak.

Unless you have no stances, you shouldn't be scared to voice your own views.


umpama

اومڤام (Jawi)

Indonesian: umpama

→ Iban: sempama

→ Tausug: sawmpama

Ilmu yang kita memiliki umpama setitik air di laut.

The knowledge we have is like a drop of water in the ocean.


campur

Empat campur tiga menjadi tujuh.

(informal) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)


sambil

From Proto-Malayic [Term?]. See also ambil.


perlu

From Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “obligation”). Doublet of fardu.


bagai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bagay (“same kind or type; fitting; well-matched; suitable”).

inh

bagai anjing menyalak tidak menggigit

all bark and no bite (lit. "like a dog barking, it doesn't bite")


biar

Indonesian: biar

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ. Cognate to Acehnese bieuë and Tagalog bihag.

Bagi duit tu kat pengemis tu, biar dia dapat makan untuk hari ni sekurang-kurangnya.

Give that money to that beggar so that he could eat for at least today.

Biar putih tulang jangan putih mata

No matter if you die, do not let yourself be put to shame


meski

From Classical Malay meski, from Portuguese por mais que. Compare Macanese masqui, Tagalog maski, Spanish por más que.


fasal

From Arabic فَصْل (faṣl, “chapter, paragraph, division”).
* The law sense of article is a semantic loan from Dutch artikel (“article”).

sl

Aku suka masakan Kelantan fasal masakan Kelantan manis.

I like Kelantanese cuisine because it's sweet.


manakala

ماناکالا (Jawi)


tatkala

Bermůmin jadi-mů tatkala manůſea ber-bintſi daan bergagaï-mů, daän meng-ůtſiap ſegala d’jahat akan kamů, berdůſta karna aků.

1612, Albert Cornelius Ruyl, Translation of the Gospel of Matthew into Malay, 5:11:

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.