kosong

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Malay:

kosong

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definitions

adjective

  1. (of food) plain; without any additional ingredients or toppings
  2. (drink ordering) without sugar

    3. My coffee shop aunty has her own jargon, which the patrons understand. She would shout "kopi C, kopi sua, tak kiu kosong" across the tables when she takes orders.

    — 2013 October 19, Heng Cho Choon. Today, "If you understand me, don’t sweat the small grammar stuff". p.17

    antonyms:

    ga dai
  3. empty; void; vacant; nothing; zero

    4. synonyms:

    jilo

noun

  1. a plain prata

    2. "Yes, what does prata mean?"
    "It means silver, sir. Are you interested?"
    "But, of course. I'll have two egg and one kosong, please."
    The Portuguese don't really have a sense of humour, I thought to myself, as I was escorted from the shop.

    — 2004 July 3, Neil Humphreys. Today, "Bickham's balls and pratas ...". p.6


numeral

  1. zero; 0

    2. 'It should have been only one-kosong' ... What a wasted opportunity to surprise China. That was how the Cubs' skipper Aide Iskandar summed up his team's thrashing yesterday.

    — 1995 July 3, Jeffrey Low (quoting Aide Iskandar). The New Paper, "'It should have been only one-kosong'". p.50

    synonyms:

    jilo

usage notes

The sense of "a plain prata" is from ellipsis of the full phrase 'roti prata kosong'.


related:

kopi kurang manis prata roti prata siu dai teh ga dai ga ga dai siu siu dai

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