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== Traditional clothes, musical instruments, ships, and weapons == |
== Traditional clothes, musical instruments, ships, and weapons == |
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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.
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Animals
- Babirusa, compound word from babi (pig) and rusa (deer)
- Bantam
- Cassowary from kasuari (Papuan)
- Cockatoo from kakatua [1]
- Dugong from duyung
- Gecko from tokek (Javanese)
- Orangutan [1]
- Pangolin from trenggiling
- Tapir
- Tokay
Foods and fruits
- Foods
- 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
- Musical instruments
- Ships
- 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 [1]
- 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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