“Alamak” and “nasi lemak” have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for the first time. According to the dictionary, they are among a number of “untranslatable words” from ...

A few examples Ketupat (1886), Otak-otak (1929), nasi lemak (1935) and half-boiled egg (1931). “Two examples of Malay dishes that did get Anglicized names are fish head curry (1972) and ...