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‖ bumiputra, n. and a.|buːmɪˈpuːtrə|
[Malay bumiput(ĕ)ra, lit. ‘sons of the soil’, f. bumi (Skr. bhūmi) earth, soil + putra (also Skr.) son, child.]
A. n. (collect. sing or in pl.). Malaysian citizens of indigenous Malay origin.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the bumiputra; indigenous Malay.
1966Economist 22 Oct. 398/3 Malayan Banking..as a Malay rather than Chinese concern, is particularly identified with the bumiputras, the Malayan sons of the soil. 1972Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) 25 June 4/5 The Government was today urged to make it a policy of allocating 50 per cent of its supply contracts and those of its agencies to bumiputra firms. 1972Sunday Times (Singapore) 24 Sept. 6/3 In the Faculty of Engineering, bumiputras now formed 7.3 per cent of the total enrolment. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 1177/1 The Malays, now called the bumiputra or sons of the soil,..impose the Malay language, or bahasa Malaysia, on a narrow minority of Chinese and Indians, and bask in a prosperity of tin, rubber and oil. 1980Times 2 Sept. 15/5 Other plantation groups have moved to restructure their equity to raise Bumiputra shareholdings (i.e. those held by Malays and other native races). 1983Current Affairs Bull. (Sydney) Nov. 27/1 The Government has established..a national investment company to buy shares with public funds in trust for the bumiputras (Malay and other indigenous races). |