lembu - (Malay for cow)
lumpur - (Malay for mud); Kuala Lumpur - muddy estuary
long - (Malay panjang; joke - panjang one = so very long)
longer
longest
lifelong - the entire life
lifelong learning - learning throughout life
LLB -
LLN - Lembaga Letrik Negara (before it became Tenaga Nasional Berhad, TNB)
lalang - weed resembling lemongrass (serai)
lemon
limau - oranges
limau kasturi - fragrant lime
limau Bali/Tambun - pomelo
lime - limau
LLH - live life happily
leader
leadership
locum - private practice done by government doctors for extra $$$$, usually done during office hours
locum $ - non taxable income earned by doctors when they work outside for $$$
laissez-faire
lari, cabut lari - ran away; packed and ran away
Loong - a Chinese surname
long - length
Long - a Malay nickname for Sulong (the eldest child or sib). Ah Long (lone sharks in Malaysia)
ludicrous
Ludicrous is an adjective used to describe something so absurd that it provokes laughs and mockery. One synonym is ridiculous.
laugh
lose
loose
lot, the lot, a lot, lots
lotta
Lotto
Lotto - a gambling pastime among non Muslims in Malaysia. The Lotto tickets are sold at outlets in major cities. The Muslims in Malaysia are forbidden to buy Lotto tickets or gamble
La vida loca
La vida loca - (Spanish for 'the crazy life'; la = the; vida or viva = life; loca = crazy, madness, insanity or absurd). Usage: ...living la vida loca...living the crazy life; living life wildly; a wild living; living on the wild side;crazy living; mad life; living madly; weird life; weird living; weird living with crazy intonations. Malay ... hidup menggila; hidup gila; gila punya cara hidup; kehidupan yang gila; cara hidup yang gila. Could also mean in FB Malay....best giler (the opposite is tak best, tak gila...or FB Malay....xbest xgiler).

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