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Orang Asli

Orang Asli noun: several different indigenous people of Malaya and peninsular Thailand.

Noun

Orang Asli (plural Orang Asli)

  1. Several different indigenous people of Malaya and peninsular Thailand.

Forms of Orang Asli

pluralOrang Asli

Origin of Orang Asli

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Orang Asli, from orang (“person[s], people[s]”) + asli (“native”), calque of English aborigine.

Questions about Orang Asli

What does Orang Asli mean?
Orang Asli means several different indigenous people of Malaya and peninsular Thailand.
What part of speech is Orang Asli?
Orang Asli is a noun.
What is the plural of Orang Asli?
The plural of Orang Asli is Orang Asli.

Words near Orang Asli in the dictionary

  1. orancayas
  2. oranda
  3. orandas
  4. Orane
  5. orang
  6. Orang Asli
  7. orang China bukan China
  8. Orang Laut
  9. orang utan
  10. orang utans
  11. orang-hutan

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