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Oxford Tapaus Nasi Lemak: Untranslatable Malaysianisms

08-Apr-25 18:00

Oxford Tapaus Nasi Lemak: Untranslatable Malaysianisms

Twelve Malaysian and Singaporean words — including alamak, tapau, and the ever-confusing terror — have officially made it into the Oxford English Dictionary. So tonight, we’re asking: What’s your favourite untranslatable word? And what other Malaysianisms should the world know about?

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Produced by: Evening Edition

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan


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Categories:  education,  culture,  Literature/Philosophy,  History/Heritage,  food,  travel

Tags:  malaysian slang,  bahasa rojak,  colloquialism,  literal translation,  neologism,  manglish,  bahasa malaysia,  colonisation,  oxford dictionary,  loanwords,  linguistics, 


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