stengah

English

Etymology

From Malay se tengah (“one half”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛŋ.(ɡ)ə/

Noun

stengah (plural stengahs)

  1. (Malaysia) A drink of whisky and soda.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 77:
      “Push the boat out, Adams,” said Hart. “Stengah for me.”
    • 1975, Xavier Herbert, Poor Fellow My Country, Sydney: Collins Publishers, published 1988, page 129:
      "It gives you the Tuan touch. You learn to clap your hands to summon your coloured servants, instead of yelling...to drink stengahs, instead of plain whisky, to speak of lunch as tiffin...God help us!" He chuckled deeply.

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