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minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoOrang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days ago‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.
minus-squareTheOctonaut@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoMy other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin. “What’s that thing that rolls up?” “Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”. “Pangolin?” “Sure lah”
Orang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.
My other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin.
“What’s that thing that rolls up?”
“Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”.
“Pangolin?”
“Sure lah”