Malay Idiom, is simpulan bahasa. Simpul is to tie a knot. You tie two or more words in Bahasa Malaysia into a knot to bring them together, making it a simpulan. Simpulan is also gist. This group of two words of entirely different meanings represents a gist of an idea. All the entries below are arranged in alphabetical order.
The examples of sentences in this collection are taken or adapted from real-life materials I came across in the Malay-speaking world. If you notice some entries are without sentences, that means they are rarely used or, used in accordance with the definition in the Kamus Dewan.