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[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Orang means human or person (not "guy", honestly), (h)utan means forest.

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[–] TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 16 points 7 months ago

My other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin.

"What's that thing that rolls up?"

"Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)".

"Pangolin?"

"Sure lah"

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[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.

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