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‖ kebaya|kəˈbɑːjə|
Also 6 cabie, cabaia, 7 cabbay, cabay(e, -ya; 9 kabaya.
[Ultimately of Pers. or Arab. origin. The forms cabie, cabbay are perh. directly a. Pers. qabāy; cabaia, cabaya are from Pg., whence also F. cabaye. Kabaya and kebaya are immed. from Malay, whence also Du. kabaaj.]
A light loose tunic such as is commonly worn in the East; now spec. that worn in Malay countries by native women and by Europeans in dishabille.
1585R. Fitch in Hakluyt's Voy. (1810) II. 386 The King is apparelled with a Cabie made like a shirt tied with strings on one side. 1598tr. Linschoten's Voy. 70 They wear sometimes when they go abroad a thinne cotton [? or] linnen gowne called Cabaia. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 81 Attiring himselfe in red, his Tulipant, Cabbay, Boots, Scabberd. 1662J. Davies tr. Maudelslo's Trav. E.I. 64. 1883 I. L. Bishop Sk. Malay Penins. iii. in Leisure Ho. 81/1 Their lower garment, or sarong, reaching from the waist to the ankles..above which is worn a loose-sleeved garment, called a kabaya, reaching to the knees. 1909R. O. Winstedt Papers on Malay Subjects: Life & Customs ii. 40 The long, shapeless kĕbaya..[is] now universally worn by women. 1939A. Keith Land below Wind vi. 92 The kebaya, a short Malay blouse, was purchased, and Kuta..fastened it with one insecure brooch. 1958H. Forster Flowering Lotus ii. 25 My eye was often disappointed by chromatic discords between the ladies' skirts and their kebayas, long-sleeved jackets for which they favoured brightly variegated flower patterns. 1963N.Z. Woman's Weekly 17 June 21/2 For sheer glamour, Nancy's sarong kebaya (the Malayan dress) stole the day. This was a closely fitting skirt in a royal blue with a pleated panel in the front worn with an overblouse of lace in a paler shade of blue. 1966D. Forbes Heart of Malaya iv. 52 He dressed her up in beautiful clothes—sometimes cheongsams, sometimes saris, sometimes sarong kebayas. 1972Guardian 13 Jan. 5/3 Our beautiful M[alaysia] S[ingapore] A[irlines] hostesses in their sarong kebayas are dedicated to superb in-flight service. |