Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok ( also spelled amuk, from the Malay meaning " mad with uncontrollable rage ") is a term for a killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment.

The term vaka, like the related terms aka and ama, come from the Malay and Micronesian language group terms for parts of the outrigger canoe, and vaka can be roughly translated as canoe or main hull.

The Malay term for schools providing secondary education is sekolah menengah, translated as " secondary school " in English.

In addition, local dialects employ derivations of the Malay word then in use for ' silver ', in contrast to the term used in wider Melanesian society, which has etymological roots in Chinese, a consequence of the regional trade with China that was developed in the 6th and 7th centuries.

In Malaysia, the term kampung ( sometimes spelling kampong ) in the English language has been defined specifically as " a Malay hamlet or village in a Malay-speaking country ".

The term " kampung ", sometimes spelled " kampong " is one of many Malay words to have entered common usage in Malaysia and Singapore.

The word " dugong " derives from the Tagalog term dugong which was in turn adopted from the Malay duyung, both meaning " lady of the sea ".

Bumiputera or Bumiputra ( Jawi: بوميڤوترا ) is a Malaysian term to describe Malay race and the indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia, and particularly in Malaysia.

But, the constitution does not use the term " bumiputra "; it defines only " Malay " and " indigenous peoples " ( Article 160 ( 2 )), " natives " of Sarawak ( 161A ( 6 )( a )), and " natives " of Sabah ( Article 161A ( 6 )( b )).

" Malay silat ") is a blanket term for the types of silat created in peninsular Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei and Singapore.

The word Melayu means Malay and came from the Sanskrit term Malaiur or Malayadvipa which can be translated as “ mountain insular continent ”, the word used by ancient Indian traders when referring to the Malay Peninsula.

: a. The term Rajah reflects traditional usage in Sarawak and English writing, although Raja may be better orthography in Malay.

In Malaysia, the term Federal Territory ( Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan ) is used for the three territories governed directly by the federal government, namely Kuala Lumpur ( national capital ), Putrajaya ( federal government administrative centre ) and Labuan Island ( international offshore financial centre ).

The term vaka, like the related terms aka and ama, come from the Malay and Micronesian language group terms for parts of the outrigger canoe, and vaka can be roughly translated as canoe or main hull.

In the 19th century, the term migrated, presumably with Malay immigrants from the Dutch East Indies, to South Africa, where it is known as sosatie.

The name " Cochinchina " was coined by Portuguese traders circa 1516, who named it then " Cochin-China " to distinguish it from the city and princely state of Cochin in India, their first headquarters in the Malabar Coast., from the Malay Kuchi which referred to all of Vietnam, a term derived from the Chinese Jiāozhǐ, pronounced Giao Chỉ in Vietnam.

A more plausible theory claims the state's name is derived from the term Selang Ur meaning " land of the straits " ( selang means " straits " in the Malay language and ur means " town " in Tamil.

In Malaysia, it is used to refer to the heads of government, called in their Malay language term Ketua Menteri ( literally Chief Minister ), of the Malaysian states without a sultan, i. e., Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak, while the Malay language term Menteri Besar ( literally Great Minister ) is used in other states with a monarch.

The earliest surviving manuscript in Malay is the Tanjong Tanah Law in post-Pallava characters.

Previously known as the Federated Malay States Railways ( FMSR ) and the Malayan Railway Administration ( MRA ), Keretapi Tanah Melayu acquired its current name in 1962.

KTM Intercity ( Malay: KTM Antarabandar ) is an intercity passenger railway service operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu within the regions of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.

* Malaysian People's Welfare Party ( Malay: Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air ( KITA )), a political party in Malaysia

The Federation was initially called the Federation of Malaya ( in Malay, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu ) and it adopted its present name, Malaysia, when the States of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore ( now independent ) joined the Federation.

After the independence of Federation of Malaya ( Persekutuan Tanah Melayu ) from the British Empire on August 31, 1957 ( Malay Peninsula only ) and later the Formation of Malaysia ( that includes Sabah and Sarawak ) in 1963, Kuala Lumpur became the capital of Malaysia.

Completed in 1910 to replace an older station on the same site, the station was Kuala Lumpur's railway hub in the city for the Federated Malay States Railways and Malayan Railway ( Malay: Keretapi Tanah Melayu ), before Kuala Lumpur Sentral assumed much of its role in 2001.

Tanamera is derived from Tanah Merah, Malay for Red Earth.

The Singapore Land Authority ( Abbreviation: SLA ; Chinese: 新加坡土地管理局 ; Malay: Penguasa Tanah Singapura ) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of the Singapore Government.

According to the Sejarah Melayu (" Malay Annals "), the Khmer prince Raja Ganji Sarjuna founded the kingdom of Gangga Negara ( modern-day Beruas, Perak ) in the 700s.

The idea of uniting former British and Dutch colonial possessions in Southeast Asia actually have its roots in early 20th century, as the concept of Greater Malay ( Melayu Raya ) was coined in British Malaya espoused by students and graduates of Sultan Idris Training College for Malay Teachers in the late 1920s.

* Malay language (" Bahasa Melayu "), the macro-language of Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, lingua franca of the Malay Archipelago

* Bahasa Melayu, it is ' Malay language ' when translated to English.

* Old Malay language ( s ), possible ancestor ( s ) of Bahasa Melayu

However, the prospect that the PAP might rule Malaysia agitated UMNO and the Malay nationalist belief in Ketuanan Melayu.

Abu Sujak declared the vision of making Shah Alam a modern city with a unique identity of " Bandaraya Melayu " or Malay City, showcasing the achievements of the Malay race in all sectors.

In Singapore and Brunei it is called Bahasa Melayu ( Malay language ); in Malaysia, Bahasa Malaysia ( Malaysian language ); and in Indonesia, Bahasa Indonesia ( Indonesian language ) and is designated the Bahasa Persatuan / Pemersatu (" unifying language / lingua franca ").

The Malay variant ( worn in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and parts of Indonesia ( especially in Sumatera and Kalimantan ) is known as the Baju Melayu, shirt worn with a sarong known as kain samping or songket and a headwear known as songkok.

From these ancient Malay city-states, the earliest forms of silat Melayu were developed and eventually used in the armed forces to defend the land.

As a result of their experience in wars, commanders of Champa are known to have been held in high esteem by the Malay kings for their knowledge in silat and for being highly skilled in the art of war, as mentioned in the Sejarah Melayu ( Malay Annals ).

* The baju Melayu, meaning " Malay clothes " is the male shirt but is also worn by female silat exponents.

* Malay Language ( Bahasa Melayu )

The martial art of silat Melayu developed in the Malay peninsula since the beginning of common era also popular in Malaysia, while essentially still important as a branch of the self defence form.

Some of Indonesian pop bands are rekindle with their Malay roots and revived a genre called " Band Pop Melayu " ( Pop Malay Band ) and popular in late 2000s.