Malayanize

English

Etymology

Malayan +‎ -ize

Verb

Malayanize (third-person singular simple present Malayanizes, present participle Malayanizing, simple past and past participle Malayanized)

1. To make Malayan.
   • 1954, Walter Henry Judd, Special Study Mission to Southeast Asia and the Pacific: A Report:

     Due to their limited education, the service is not likely to be “Malayanized” for many years.

   • 1977, Urban Anthropology, volume 6, page 212:

     In the ecological structure of some of the Malaysian cities the principles of an Islamized and Malayanized image of the Indian city of ancient Southeast Asia are still to be seen.

   • 2015, Major Richard B. Johnson, Biggest Stick: The Employment Of Artillery Units In Counterinsurgency‎^[1]:

     At higher levels, the SWECs and DWECs began Malayanizing their elements in order to aid the transition to an independent national government; Malayans now had responsibility for their decisions in the counterinsurgency fight.

Related terms

• Malayanization