AN OBJECT WITH MANY NAMES IS A LANGUAGE WASTAGE

Abstract

A mono-semantic poly-glyphic word, means a word with many synonyms, which consist of absolute synonym and partial synonym; or an object which has many different names. All these words are sometime not necessary and become a burden to end users. How to reduce and standardize this type of words fall on the shoulders of scholars and experts of China with the help of other people internationally. We also hope that some of the local Malaysian Chinese words, example: 拿督Nádū (Datuk/Dato'), 拿督斯里Nádū sīlǐ (Dato Sri/Dato Seri), 敦Dūn (Tun) etc., are added to the list too.