Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orang asli

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: orang asli
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Several different indigenous people of Malaya and peninsular Thailand.

Etymology

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

Questions

What does orang asli mean?: Several different indigenous people of Malaya and peninsular Thailand.
Where does orang asli come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Malay Orang Asli, from orang (“person[s], people[s]”) + asli (“native”), calque of English aborigine.

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