Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malay

2 senses of malay

Sense 1
Malay, Malayan -- (a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)
       => Asian, Asiatic -- (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Sense 2
Malay -- (a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages)
       => Western Malayo-Polynesian -- (a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)

Similarity of adj malay

1 sense of malay

Sense 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")