deutero-Malay

noun

deu·​tero-Malay

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plural -s

: a member of a group of people believed to have migrated to the Malay Peninsula over two thousand years ago following the migration of the proto-Malays

called also Malayan, Malaysian

deutero-Malayan adjective

or deutero-Malaysian

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Word History

Etymology

deuter- entry 1 + Malay

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