Which english word derived from Malaysian language?

tabir22: "don't know" is obviously english words... are you drunk or what

well, most of the answers are given; at Wikipedia they indeed got a list:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:M...

even alphabetically ordered, quite amazing indeed:

agar
amok
b
balanda
bamboo
c
caddie
caddy
camphor
cassowary
casuarina
cockatoo
compound
c cont.
cootie
copra
d
derribang
dugong
durian
g
gecko
gingham
gong
gutta-percha
j
junk
k
kapok
ketchup
kris
l
laksa
launch
m
mandarin
mango
mangosteen
o
orangutan
p
paddy
pandanus
pangolin
r
rambutan
rattan
s
sago
sarong
t
trepang
u
upas

don't know

Malaysia?

roti? It's of a Hindi origin, but malay only has the word.

How about orangutan. It is bahasa indonesian but that language has its roots in Malay.

Orangutan comes from Malay phrase "Orang Hutan" and means "jungle man" or "person of the forest"

sarong, kampong, amok, durian, and surprisingly.. kecap manis.. really.. kecap manis is becoming popular in here.. they're saying it like this: kicaep maeniz.. lol.. lol..

durian
satay
sarong
amok

barbie

Durian

also bamboo, rattan, taboo, tattoo and
rambutaaaaaan

Amok
Bamboo
Caddy
Cockatoo
Compound
Cooties
Dugong
Durian
Gingham
Gutta-percha
Junk
Orangutan
paddy
Pangolin
Rambutan
Sarong

Let's see other people's suggestions, and how correct they are:

Roti is not a Malay word, it's a Hindi/Urdu word, and both, Hindi and Urdu, still use the word. And in Englih 'roti' refers only to Indian flat bread, not break in general unlike in Malay.

Amok - came from Malay, through Portuguese; it's better to use 'berserk' though when not referring to mad Asians on a killing spree
Bamboo - yes, but the word came to Malay from Dravidian languages (probably Tamil)
Caddy - from Malay 'kati'
Cockatoo - from Malay 'kakak tua'
Compound - not exactly; it comes from Latin componere, through Middle English compouned; compare component, it has the same origin. However, in SE Asia it was used to describe a cluster of homes due to its similarity with Malay word 'kampung'.
Cooties - from Malay 'kutu'
Dugong - from Malay 'duyung'
Durian - from Malay
Gingham - from Malay 'ginggang' through Dutch
Gutta-percha - from Malay 'getah perca'
Junk - no; it comes from Middle English word jonk, origin disputed
Orangutan - from Malay
paddy - from Malay 'padi', but not Paddy, that's from Irish Gaelic
Pangolin - from Malay 'pengguling'
Rambutan - from Malay
Sarong - from Malay
Rattan - from Malay 'rotan'
Taboo - not from Malay; it comes from Fijian/Tongan 'tabu'
Tattoo - not from Malay; it comes from Tahitian 'tatau'

Mango is also a word which went through Portuguese and Malay to English, but it's origin is Tamil word 'mankay'

So is "ketchup", but it came to Malay from Cantonese 'kechap' equivalent to Mandarin 'qiezhi'.

Kampong is not a standard English word, although it does exist in some dictionaries. It's quite specific, and it refers only to Malay vilages.

hmm...interesting..Q and interesting A

AQ, Kampong is not originally a Malay word. It comes from the Cham/Khmer language. Possibly early settlers from the north of the Peninsular could have imported this.

Well, to answer this question, I would like to say that most of the 'answers' are already in here... then again, I do not really understand what is really meant by 'Malaysian language' because the Malaysian language is relatively NEW and it could be said that the language itself is a hybrid/adaptation of different languages at once, which means it bears no uniqueness of its origins (though the 'rojak-ness' of it is strikingly creative ---it is an 'invention' which no other countries have in common, except for Singapore).

While the Malaysians may argue that some words are 'Malay', the Singaporeans and Indonesians could easily lay claim at any given time due to the origins of the Malays themselves which are deeply rooted in their Indonesian origins (one of the most influential origin of the Malay language can be found in the Javanese language and almost every other words are of Indian origins with a hint of Arabic and other 'western' languages).

Malaysian language? You mean, Malay? If what I know is correct, Malay has only a few original word. There's a lot more English borrowed word than Malay to English word.

pepoh - pelt
lorat - what a brat
jaluk - jeopardize
cemuih - cloyed

and you can quote me on that.