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malay

Ma.lay \m*-'la-, 'ma--(.)la-\ \m*-'la--*n, 'ma--.la--\ n [obs. D Malayo 
   (now Maleier), fr. Malay Mehachek>layu] 1: a member of a people of the 
   Malay peninsula, eastern Sumatra, parts of B orneo, and some adjacent 
   islands 2: the Austronesian language of the Malays  - Malay aj