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English term or phrase:
Malaysia Airlines
Malay translation:
malaysia airlines
Added to glossary by
Peter Skipp
Jan 23, 2004 12:00
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The old name (Malaysian Airline System) may have been known in Malaysia as 'mas', which (as claimed by MAS advertising in Britain some 30 and more years ago) means gold in Malay. Has this mas monicker endured the renaming of MAS to Malaysia Airlines? And if not, what do ordinary Malaysians call their carrier in their own language? Please spell as phonetically as you can using the standard 26-character Latin script set: my computer has no IPA capability.
Thank you in advance!
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(Malay)
| 4 | malaysia airlines |
Ramona Ali
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| 5 | MAS or MAs |
AAAS
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| 4 | re : mas |
nyamuk
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Ramona Ali
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malaysia airlines
We call it 'Malaysia Airlines', pronounced as the English would say it. However, the old name of MAS remains popular. And the Malay language uses roman alphabets just like the English language.
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Note added at 1 day 1 hr 41 mins (2004-01-24 13:42:17 GMT)
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Answer to asker\'s note: Yes, mas does mean gold in Malay, except that the complete word is \'emas\', although it is commonly spoken as \'mas\' only.
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Note added at 1 day 1 hr 41 mins (2004-01-24 13:42:17 GMT)
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Answer to asker\'s note: Yes, mas does mean gold in Malay, except that the complete word is \'emas\', although it is commonly spoken as \'mas\' only.
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Comment: "Thank you, and many thanks to the other respondents. "
2 hrs
re : mas
Yes emas/mas mean 'gold'
eMas could be a great electronic banking brand don't you think?
As an aside in Indonesia the Javanese word for gold, kencana (c=ch), often appears in brand names or brand slogans. For me, a non native speaker, it comes dangerously close to 'kencing' which is the English word 'urine.'
eMas could be a great electronic banking brand don't you think?
As an aside in Indonesia the Javanese word for gold, kencana (c=ch), often appears in brand names or brand slogans. For me, a non native speaker, it comes dangerously close to 'kencing' which is the English word 'urine.'
1 day 18 hrs
MAS or MAs
Again, I asked my 6 years old niece.
She said, we still called Malaysia Airlines as MAs bacause there is an "s" at the back of the word "airlines".
Furthermore, said she : Malaysia Airlines is easier to "say" than Malaysian Airline System (longer) and people oftenly just say "Malaysia Airlines" rather than MAs. However, the "Mas" (gold) value remains.
She asked : "Are not passengers afraid of Garuda? Well, it is a fierce giant bird....that frightened people in ancient time.."
She said, we still called Malaysia Airlines as MAs bacause there is an "s" at the back of the word "airlines".
Furthermore, said she : Malaysia Airlines is easier to "say" than Malaysian Airline System (longer) and people oftenly just say "Malaysia Airlines" rather than MAs. However, the "Mas" (gold) value remains.
She asked : "Are not passengers afraid of Garuda? Well, it is a fierce giant bird....that frightened people in ancient time.."
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Ramona Ali
: But it is no longer "Malaysian Airlines System". The name was changed to Malaysia Airlines in late 1987 when it changed its corporate identity. See http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/corporate/?menu=au&mode=mas0...
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Yes, my niece replied. But Malaysia Airlines still can be read as MAs....
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