gong

My UBD colleague, Salbrina Sharbawi, told me of another word of English that comes from Malay: gong (the musical instrument).

So, my list of borrowings from Malay is:

• amok (as in 'run amok')
• orangutan (lit. 'forest man')
• durian (lit. 'spiky thing')
• rambutan (lit. 'hairy thing')
• compound (as in 'police compound'; from kampung)
• Mandarin (as in 'Mandarin Chinese'; from menteri 'minister')
• parang
• kris (a small decorative knife)
• gong

There are probably a few more, if we look out for them.