Slang Mat Salleh

Besides mat salleh there is also the well known cantonese gweilo and the hokkien angmo both literally meaning ghost man and red haired respectively.

Slang mat salleh. But these fantastic specimens we will only visit perhaps in another story. Mat salleh this is datu paduka mat salleh. We malaysians can get very creative with our word choices. But we malaysians can.

Female counterpart minah salleh. Pokai is considered a malay slang but it s actually derived from cantonese which means to fall on a hard surface like a pavement or your ex s heart. Wah muka suami kau macam mat. Mat salleh male caucasian.

It s often used to refer to brits during their colonization period. Definition from wiktionary the free dictionary. Mat salleh is basically any caucasian person. Hence the term mat salleh refers to an albino man.

Eh it s also recognized in kamus dewan as a legit malay word. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo. Wilkinson a malay english dictionary vol. 1963 richard winstedt an unabridged malay english dictionary 229 mat salleh a nickname for.

Another alternative to mat salleh is orang putih literally white people in malay or its shortened rural form omputih. The current spelling is mat salih according to the official dictionary by the dewan bahasa and pustaka malaysia the official guardian organization of the malay language in malaysia. But it works even if you re american canadian. Baru baru ini viral di youtube dan radio tempatan thr dan sinar tentang seorang lelaki inggeris yang pandai bercakap melayu malahan petah pula menggunakan loghat terengganu.

Beliau adalah daniel tayelar atau lebih mesra dipanggil dengan nama mat dan atau mat dang dalam slang ganu oleh penduduk setempat. Ang moh guai lou mat salleh. Mat salleh sah lay ˈsɑleɪ n. Another possible origin of the phrase is the mat salleh rebellion led by north borneo chief mat salleh against the british north borneo company during the late 19th century.

Forget the fancy pants ang moh vocabulary. Mad sailor 1955 r j. Slang white person. Nickname for a european.

The term mat is a slang word for mohammad which in turn refers to a man.