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This is a list of Indonesian-Malay false friends, that is, word pairs similar in appearance but different in meaning. Diacritics are shown for clarity in this table (while they are not usually written). Translations may be approximated; see linked entries for details.
| Indonesian
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Standard Malay
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Translation,
Indonesian only
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Translation,
Both
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Translation,
Standard Malay only
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Notes
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| baja
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baja
|
steel
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-
|
fertilizer
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| bajak
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bajak
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pirate
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plough
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-
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| baki
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baki
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tray
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-
|
balance, residue
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| ban
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ban
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tyre; tape
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-
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bun (small bread roll)
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| banci
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banci
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transvestite
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-
|
census
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| bandar
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bandar
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coastal town; bookmaker, bookie; dealer; watercourse, ditch
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port, harbour
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city
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| bangun
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bangun
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to build
|
wake up (from sleep)
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to develop
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| bangsa
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bangsa
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nation
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race; ethnicity
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| banting
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banting
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slam (verb)
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-
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banteng
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| bapa
|
bapa
|
Father (Christianity)
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-
|
father
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| bas
|
bas
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bass (music), boss
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-
|
bus (transportation)
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| batuk kêring
|
batuk kering
|
dry cough
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-
|
tuberculosis
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| bêlanja
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belanja
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to shop
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to spend
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to treat
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| bêndahara
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bendahara
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treasurer (male or neutral), prime minister (obsolete)
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vizier
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| bêndahari
|
bendahari
|
female treasurer
|
-
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treasurer
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| bênduan
|
banduan
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detainee, internee, prisoner;
|
-
|
convict
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| bénténg
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bénténg
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fort; rook (chess piece)
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embankment
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| bêrbagi
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berbagi
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to share
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-
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to give
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| bêrcinta
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bercinta
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to make love, to have sexual intercourse
|
to love
|
in love
|
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| bêrèdar
|
berédar
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to oscillate (of planet); to distribute
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to leave
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| berjaya
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berjaya
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successful, victorious
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succeed, succeeded
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| berlaku
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berlaku
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apply
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happen, occur
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| bêrupaya
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berupaya
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to make an effort, to do the best
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capable
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| bêtung
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betung
|
-
|
giant bamboo
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sewer (pipe); a kind of frog; blackfin scad
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| biara
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biara
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non-Buddhist monastery, eg. Christian monastery
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Buddhist monastery
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Buddhist monastery in Indonesian is wihara, a Javanese cognate.
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| bicara
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bicara
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to speak, to say, to talk
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to try (put on trial); to discuss
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| biji
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biji
|
testicle (offensive)
|
seed
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|
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| bila
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bila
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if, when (conjunction)
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when (interrogative)
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| bilik
|
bilik
|
booth (an enclosure), chamber
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room*
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The sense of room is dated in Indonesian.
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| bilik persalinan
|
bilik persalinan
|
delivery room
|
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dressing room
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| bina
|
bina
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to develop
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to build
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| bisa
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bisa
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venom
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can, able
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|
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| boga
|
boga
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food
|
-
|
favourite
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| bola sepak
|
bola sepak
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football (the ball)
|
-
|
football, soccer (the sport)
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| bon
|
bon
|
receipt; union, association
|
-
|
bond, debenture
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| bual
|
bual
|
to tell a lie
|
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to chat, to converse
|
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| budak
|
budak
|
slave
|
|
kid
|
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| bulu tangkis
|
bulu tangkis
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badminton
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shuttlecock
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| bunga api
|
bunga api
|
spark
|
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firework
|
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| buntut
|
buntut
|
tail
|
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buttock
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| butuh
|
butuh
|
need
|
male genital
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The male genital sense in Indonesian is dialectal.
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