Appendix:Terminology differences between Indonesian and Standard Malay (L)

Main article: Appendix:Indonesian–Standard Malay relations

English	Topics	Translation in Indonesian	Translation in Standard Malay	Notes
laboratory	science	laboratorium	makmal
lake	geography	danau	tasik
lamination		laminasi	pelapisan
landfill (material)	civil engineering	urukan	timbusan
landfill (site)	civil engineering	tempat pembuangan akhir, tempat pembuangan sampah	tapak pelupusan sampah
landslide	geology	tanah longsor	tanah runtuh
land breeze	geology	angin darat	bayu darat
landuse		guna lahan	gunatanah
laptop	computer science	komputer jinjing, laptop	komputer riba
last night		kemarin malam	malam semalam
latent heat	thermodynamics	kalor latèn	haba pendam
latitude	geography	lintang	latitud
law (body of rules)	law	hukum	undang-undang
lead	chemistry	timbal	plumbum
leakage		kêbocoran	ketirisan
lease	business	sewa	pajakan
least common multiple	mathematics	kêlipatan pêrsêkutuan têrkêcil	gandaan sepunya terkecil
ledger	accounting	buku besar	léjar
ledger line	music	garis bantu	garisan léjar
legation (diplomatic mission)	government	legasi	perwakilan
legislative	government	legislatif, perundangan	perundangan
legislation (the act)	government	legislasi	penggubalan
lens	optics	lènsa	kanta
leopard	zoology	macan tutul	harimau bintang
lethal dose	pharmacology	dosis letal	dos maut
level		kadar	paras
level (floor of a multi-storey building)	civil engineering	lantai	aras
level crossing with barrier	civil engineering	perlintasan kereta api dengan palang pintu	lintasan kereta api berpagar
leveling	education	pelevelan; penjenjangan	pengarasan
liability insurance	business	asuransi kewajiban, asuransi tanggung wajib	insurans liabiliti
liberal arts	education	studi humanitas	sastera liberal
license	business	izin	lésén
licensure	business	pêrizinan	perlésénan
lichen	biology	lumut kerak	kulampair, liken
life cycle	biology	siklus hidup, daur hidup	kitaran hayat
life insurance	business	asuransi jiwa	insurans hayat
lighthouse		mercusuar	rumah api
lightning rod, lightning conductor		penangkal petir	konduktor kilat
likelihood	statistics	kemungkinan	kebolehjadian
lilac (colour)	arts	lila	ungu lembut
limit		batas	had
limited		têrbatas	terhad
line integral	calculus	integral garis	kamiran garis
linear displacement	civil engineering	perpindahan linièr	anjakan linéar
linear programming	algebra	pêmrograman linièr	pengaturcaraan linéar
linear transformation	algebra	transformasi linièr	penjelmaan linéar
liquid	physics	cair	cecair
liquefied natural gas	mechanical engineering	gas alam cair	gas asli cecair
load displacement	engineering	pergeseran beban	sesaran beban; sesaran muatan
loam	geology	lêmpung	loam
local	government	sêtêmpat	tempatan
logic gate	electronics	gerbang logika	get logik
longitude	geography	bujur	longitud
loop	computing	perulangan	gelung
lubricant, lubricator	mechanical engineering	pêlumas	pelincir
luminous intensity	optics	intènsitas cahaya	keamatan berluminositi