Appendix:False friends between Indonesian and Standard Malay (M)
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 | Standard Malay | Translation, Indonesian only |
Translation, Both |
Translation, Standard Malay only |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mangsa | mangsa | prey | victim | ||
| mantan | mantan | ex-lover | former official | ||
| mantap | mantap | strong, determined; great, fantastic, wonderful; stable | steady | ||
| mata-mata | mata-mata | spy | policeman | ||
| mèkanik | mékanik | - | mechanic (person) | mechanic (adj); mechanics (branch of physics) | |
| mêlancarkan | melancarkan | to accelerate, to speed up | to launch | ||
| mêmbina | membina | develop (of relationship, etc) | build (verb) | ||
| mèntol | méntol | oil of mint | menthol (cyclic monoterpene alcohol) | bulb | |
| mêsra | mesra | intimate; cordial | friendly; affectionate | ||
| min | min | mint | minus (mathematics) | mean (statistics) | |
| mol | mol | flat (musical note) | mole (chemistry) |