List of English words of Indonesian origin

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Animals

• Babirusa, compound word from babi (pig) and rusa (deer)
• Banteng
• Bantam, from the town of Banten / ᮝᮠᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ wahanten (Sundanese)
• Binturong
• Papuan) / कास्सोवारिस् kās'sōvāris (Sanskrit
  )
• Cockatoo from kakatua ^[1]
• Dugong from duyung
• Gecko^[2]
• Gourami from gurami
• Komodo dragon, from Komodo
• Orangutan^[1]
• Pangolin from pengguling or trenggiling
• Siamang
• Tokay (gecko) from tokek
• Trepang from teripang

Plants and trees

• Bamboo from bambu
• Burahol from ᮘᮥᮛᮠᮧᮜ᮪ burahol (Sundanese)
• Champak from cempaka, derived from ᮎᮙ᮪ᮕᮊ campaka (Sundanese)
• Gambier from gambir
• Gutta percha
  from getah perca (Indonesian)
• Kapok from kapuk, the Malay name for the tree Bombax ceiba
• Macassar hair preparation, from Makassar, a city in Indonesia^[3]
• Meranti a kind of tropical tree
• Merbau
  a kind of tropical tree
• Paddy from padi (Indonesian)
• Pandanus from pandan
• Ramie from rami
• Rattan from rotan
• Sago from sagu
• Cajuput
  from kayu Putih

Fruits

• Cempedak
• Durian
• Langsat
• Mangosteen from manggis (manggustan)
• Rambutan
• Salak, also known as Zalacca
• Papaya from pepaya

Foods

• Agar
• Krupuk
• Rendang
• Sambal
• Satay from sate (Javanese)
• Tempeh from tempe

Clothes and textiles

• Batik from Batik (Javanese)
• Canting from canting (Javanese)
• Gingham from genggang
• Ikat
• Koteka (Papuan)
• Sarong from sarung / சரம் caram (Tamil)
• Songket

Musical instruments

• Angklung from ᮃᮀᮊᮣᮥᮀ angklung (Sundanese)
• Gamelan
• Gong from ꦒꦺꦴꦁ gong (Javanese)

Ships

• Junk from jong
• Proa (also 'prahu' or 'prau') from prahu (Javanese) or perahu (Indonesian) originated from Portuguese proa.

Weapons

• Kris from keris (Javanese)
• Parang
• Sjambok from cambuk in Indonesia, where it was the name of a wooden rod for punishing slaves
• Tombac from tombak

Person name

• Mata Hari from matahari (sun)

Units

• Catty from கட்டி kaṭṭi (Tamil), ultimately derived from Chinese unit
• Picul: traditional Asian weight unit, derived from Javanese pikul
• Ribu: topographic prominence unit of mountain or volcano more than 1,000 metres, derived from Indonesian ribu (thousand)

Behavior and psychology

• Amok from amuk ^[1]
• Latah

Sports

• Bantam, from bantam chicken, ultimately Banten town
• Silat
• Sepak takraw

Others

• Balanda to refer whiteman, from belanda (Dutchman)
• Camphor, from kapur barus ("Barus' chalk"), which refers to the port of Barus in Sumatra as the source of camphor
• Damar, plant resin
• Lahar from lahar (Javanese)
• kampung
  , which is Indonesian for "village".
• Warung

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