Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia professor of sociology Norani Othman has said that the term is evocative of "notions of enslavement," since "In Malay classical terms, the word 'ketuanan' implies lordship over captives, which is a pre-feudal concept that is out of sync in 1957, 1963 and today".
Amir's diction depends heavily on old Malay terms which saw little contemporary use.
In Malay language, the term "withdrawal" literally translates to " penarikan" ("to pull something").
It's a far cry from the island's humble beginnings, when more than a million Singaporeans lived in "squatters" - makeshift wooden houses in villages known by the Malay term "kampongs".
We are committed to a fair election," Mr. Najib said in a Twitter message Sunday, referring to Barisan Nasional, the Malay term for National Front.
For instance, in Malay language, the term "withdrawal" literally translates to " penarikan" ("to pull something").
In Malay I was anti-Communist.
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Johns counts terms unknown in Malay, such as banyu, yayi, and Tejaningsun.
During the first two years of his reign, Abu Bakar began issuing Western-style contracts (termed as Surat Sungai in Malay, literally "River Documents") to the Kapitan Cina (Chinese leaders) who had established riverside plantations along in Johor.
There was an emphasis to educate participants on the importance of the term "sweet blood" (darah manis in Malay) rather than "sweet urine".
