Definitions for malay

Overview of noun malay

The noun malay has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. Malay, Malayan

(a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)

2. Malay

(a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages)

Overview of adj malay

The adj malay has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. Malay, Malayan

(of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure")