Just a small note about plurals and repeated words in Malay. Be careful how
things are rendered if you happen to be reading any Malay.
e.g. 'mata' is the word for 'eye', but 'mata-mata' is the word for 'police'
(metaphor?).
There are also constructs like 'mata hari' (eye of the day) or the Sun.
The one I love is 'ayer' (water) 'batu' (stone) hence 'ayer batu' (ice) in
modern Malay.
etc. etc.
Roger
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