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minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·29 days agoOrang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
minus-squareTheOctonaut@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·28 days agoMy other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin. “What’s that thing that rolls up?” “Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”. “Pangolin?” “Sure lah”
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 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.
Orang means human or person (not “guy”, honestly), (h)utan means forest.
My other favourite Malay animal name is pangolin.
“What’s that thing that rolls up?”
“Thing-that-rolls-up (pengguling)”.
“Pangolin?”
“Sure lah”
‘A Clockwork Orange’ possibly comes from Malay ‘orang’. Although Burgess alternatively credited a cockney expression, but no record of such an expression exists.