List of English words of Indonesian origin

The following is a partial list of English words of Indonesian origin; they are English language loanwords (kata serapan) that can be found in Indonesian, but many of them were borrowed directly from Malay during the British colonial period.

Animals

• Babirusa, compound word from babi (pig) and rusa (deer)
• Bantam
• Cassowary from kasuari (Papuan)
• Cockatoo from kakatua
• Dugong from duyung
• Gecko from tokek (Javanese)
• Orangutan
• Pangolin from trenggiling
• Tapir
• Tokay

Foods and fruits

Foods

• Agar
• Satay from sate (Javanese)
• Tempeh from tempe

Fruits

• Durian
• Mangosteen from manggis (manggustan)
• Rambutan
• Salak, also known as Zalacca

Plants and trees

• Bamboo from bambu
• Cempedak
• Kapok
• Langsat
• Meranti a kind of tropical tree
• Merbau a kind of tropical tree
• Paddy from padi (Indonesian) / pari (Javanese)
• Pandanus from pandan
• Ramie from rami
• Rattan from rotan
• Sago from sagu
• Cajuput from kayu Putin

Traditional clothes, musical instruments, ships, and weapons

Clothes

• Batik
• Ikat
• Koteka
• Sarong from Sarung
• Songket

Musical instruments

• Angklung
• Gamelan
• Gong

Ships

• Junk from jong
• Proa (also 'prahu' or 'prau') from prahu (Javanese) or perahu (Indonesian)

Weapons

• Kris from keris
• Parang
• Sjambok from cambuk in Indonesia, where it was the name of a wooden rod for punishing slaves

Person name

• Mata Hari from matahari (sun)

Others

• Amok from amuk
• Catty from kati
• Canting
• Gambier from gambir
• Gutta percha from geta perca
• Gingham
• Ketchup from kecap (soy sauce, not tomato sauce)
• Lahar
• Silat
• Tombac from tembaga
• Trepang from teripang

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