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The following is a partial list of
English words of
Indonesian origin . The
loanwords in this list may be borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from the
Indonesian language . Some words may also be borrowed from
Malay during the British colonial period in
British Malaya , or during the
short period of British rule in Java . However, unlike
loanwords of Malay origin , some of these loanwords may be derived from
languages of Indonesia such as
Javanese ,
Sundanese ,
Minangkabau ,
Buginese ,
Makassarese ,
Acehnese , and many more.
Examples of English loanwords of Indonesian origin are those related to
Indonesian culture and artforms (e.g.
angklung ,
batik ,
kris and
wayang ), as well as words used to describe flora and fauna endemic to the
Indonesian archipelago (e.g.
babirusa ,
cockatoo ,
orangutan and
Komodo ). Other recently adopted loanwords include food related terms (e.g.
agar and
tempeh ) and specific
volcanology terms (e.g.
lahar and
ribu ).
Animals
Plants and trees
Fruits
Foods
Clothes and textiles
Musical instruments
Ships
Junk from jong
Proa (also 'prahu' or 'prau') from prahu (Javanese) or perahu (Indonesian) originated from Portuguese proa .
Weapons
Kris from keris (Javanese)
Parang
Sjambok from cambuk in Indonesia, where it was the name of a wooden rod for punishing slaves
Tombac from tombak
Person name
Units
Catty from கட்டி kaṭṭi (
Tamil ), ultimately derived from Chinese unit
Picul : traditional Asian weight unit, derived from Javanese pikul
Ribu :
topographic prominence unit of mountain or volcano more than 1,000 metres, derived from Indonesian ribu (thousand)
Behavior and psychology
Sports
Others
Balanda to refer whiteman, from belanda (Dutchman)
Camphor , from kapur barus ("Barus' chalk"), which refers to the port of
Barus in Sumatra as the source of camphor
Damar , plant resin
Lahar from lahar (Javanese)
Compound from
kampung , which is Indonesian for "village".
Warung
References
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c Lonely Planet, Indonesian phrasebook, Fifth edition, 2006. Page 9.
ISBN
1-74059-297-2
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gecko, n.
Oxford English Dictionary Second edition, 1989; online version September 2011. Accessed 29 October 2011. Earlier version first published in New English Dictionary, 1898.
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