India and Malaysia. [Bos gaurus.] . First known use was in the early 19th century, derived from Malay sĕladang. Siamang a large black gibbon native to Sumatra and Malaya [Hylobates syndactylus.] Earliest known use was in 1822, from Malay siamang. Silat the Malay art of self-defence, practised as a martial art or accompanied by drums as a ceremonial display or dance. Sumpit a blowgun, also called sumpitan. Derived from Malay sumpit (act of shooting with a blowgun). T Tael a unit of weight, used in the Far East, having various values between one and two and a half ounces. Also formerly a Chinese monetary unit equivalent in value to a tael weight of standard silver. Earliest known use was in 1588, adopted via Portuguese, from Malay tahil (literally 'weight'). Tea from Dutch tay, derived from Malay teh, itself originated from Chinese (Amoy dialect of Hokkien) t'e, which corresponds to Mandarin ch'a. First known use in English was in 1655. Tical an archaic monetary unit of Malay origin, tikal. Adopted into English possibly via Thai or Portuguese, first known use was in 1662. Tokay a large gecko, Gekko gecko, of South and Southeast Asia, having a retractile claw at the tip of each digit. Derived from Malay toke' or tokek, of imitative origin. First known use was in 1696. Tombac any of various brittle alloys containing copper and zinc and sometimes tin and arsenic: used for making cheap jewellery. A French term derived from Dutch tombak, in turn from Malay tĕmbaga ('copper'), apparently from Sanskrit tāmraka, from the root word tāmra ('dark coppery red'). Earliest known use in English was in 1602. Trepang any of several large sea cucumbers (as of the genera Actinopyga and Holothuria) that are taken mostly in the southwestern Pacific and are boiled, dried, and used especially in Asian cuisine, also called bêche-de-mer. From Malay těripang, first known use was in 1783. See also Lists of English words of international origin List of loanwords in Malay The category of words with Malay derivations at Wiktionary, Wikipedia's sister project Notes References Karl-Heinz Best: Malay borrowings in English, in: Glottometrics 31, 2015, p. 50 – 53 (PDF ram-verlag.eu) Concise Oxford Dictionary - Tenth Edition'' of Oxford University Press Malay Malay language