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Language: South African Malay (Cape Malay)

Source/Author:  Koolhof, Ross, Davids, & Van Der Wouden 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: mala1538 
Notes:  Data from Koolhof, S., & Ross, R. (2005). Upas, September and the Bugis at the cape of good hope. The context of a slave's letter. Archipel, 70(1), 281-308.,

Davids, A. (1992). Some Lexical Aspects of Cape Muslim Afrikaans. Lexikos, 2, 39-62.

Van Der Wouden, T. (Ed.). (2012). Roots of Afrikaans: Selected Writings of Hans Den Besten (Vol. 44). John Benjamins Publishing.

Entries are in the original orthography. 
Problems:  Limited lexicon. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Karl Andrei Flores  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Malayo-Chamic:Malayic:Malay 
Map  Sorry, no map co-ordinates found for this language. 

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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand      
2 left      
3 right      
4 leg/foot      
5 to walk djallang      
6 road/path djallang      
7 to come datang      
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
12 skin      
13 back word info      
14 belly      
15 bone      
16 intestines      
17 liver      
18 breast      
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable tauoe      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
23 blood      
24 head      
25 neck      
26 hair word info      
27 nose      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
30 mouth      
31 tooth      
32 tongue      
33 to laugh      
34 to cry      
35 to vomit      
36 to spit      
37 to eat      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
40 to drink      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
43 ear      
44 to hear      
45 eye      
46 to see liat      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
51 to sit      
52 to stand      
53 person/human being manoesia Loaned from Sanskrit    
54 man/male      
55 woman/female motjie Loaned from Javanese    
56 child anak      
57 husband      
58 wife motjie Loaned from Javanese    
59 mother      
60 father bapa      
61 house      
62 thatch/roof      
63 name      
64 to say bielang      
65 rope      
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info      
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead maniengal      
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info      
79 stick/wood tongkat (stick)    
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover boeka      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info      
96 dog      
97 bird      
98 egg      
99 feather      
100 wing      
101 to fly      
102 rat      
103 meat/flesh denning Indirectly attested from Cape Malay Afrikaans    
104 fat/grease      
105 tail      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info      
109 mosquito      
110 spider      
111 fish      
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf      
115 root      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil tana      
120 stone      
121 sand      
122 water word info      
123 to flow      
124 sea      
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky      
129 moon boelang      
130 star      
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
133 rain      
134 thunder guntur      
135 lightning kilat      
136 wind      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info      
140 dry word info      
141 wet      
142 heavy      
143 fire      
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info      
146 ash      
147 black      
148 white      
149 red      
150 yellow      
151 green      
152 small      
153 big      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick sakiet      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
163 new baru      
164 good      
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true      
167 night malang      
168 day      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at die      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this inie      
178 that itoe      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
182 I saija      
183 thou loe Loaned from Hokkien    
184 he/she      
185 we word info kieta orang Note similarity to Eastern Malay Creoles    
186 you      
187 they      
188 what? word info      
189 who? word info sappe      
190 other lain Indirectly attested from Cape Malay Afrikaans    
191 all      
192 and dangang      
193 if kaloe Loaned from Sanskrit jaka + Arabic law 'if'    
194 how? word info      
195 no, not tra Note similarity to Eastern Malay Creoles    
196 to count      
197 One word info      
198 Two word info doea      
199 Three word info      
200 Four word info      
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      

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