 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuzivikanwa kwenharaunda yechiMalay kunobva kare. Zvinyorwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvekune dzimwe nyika uye zvemuno zvinoratidza kuti Melayu chiMalay nemhando dzayo dzinonzwika dzakafanana dzinoita sedzinoshanda senzvimbo yekare yenharaunda muSumatra, iyo yakazogamuchirwa seStraits yekare yeMalacca nzvimbo zvakajairika sezvo zvakajairika kuvanhu vari mudunhu iri. Izwi iri rakazokura zvishoma nezvishoma muzana ramakore rechi 15 kuva ethnonym muMalacca yose apo vanhu vanobva kuSumatran vakatamira kupeninsula ndokusimbisa Melaka Sultanate sesimba redunhu. Tome Pires, muchengeti wemishonga uyo akagara muMalacca kubva muna 1512 kusvika muna 1515, pashure pokukunda kwechiPutukezi, yakatsanangura kuti vaimbova vaMalacca vakakamura sei vatengesi vaishevedza chiteshi chavo mumapoka mana, ayo Melayu vaMalay vasina kuoneka mune rondedzero, zvichiratidza kuti ivo havana kuzotarisirwa seboka kunze kweMalacca pachayo. 