Saturday, February 17, 2024

Malay: pt 3 Weddings

 The term wedding ceremony in Malay is "majlis perkahwinan" (pronounced: "Maa jeh lis, per-kaa ah-wee-nan".

And it usually means Majlis (wedding) and Perkahwinan (ceremony).

For the word marry, you would say, "Orang Kahwin" (pronounced: oh-raang, keah Winn).

"Taniah" (pronouced: Taan nee-ah) would mean congratulations.

"Jumput makan" (pronouced: Jum put, maa kaan) would mean "come eat" jumput meaning invitation, and makan meaning eat.

Also in malaysia, we have this tradiction called "bunga telur" (pronouced: bung eah, tee lur), meaning flower egg, and yes its as strange as it sounds, it is an egg wraped in a sort of mesh bag and with fake flowers normally and given to the wedding goers.


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