Macam
Macam is a common word in Malay and Indonesian that can function as a noun meaning “kind” or “type,” and as a particle meaning “like” or “similar to.” It is widely used in everyday speech across Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore. In formal writing, Malay speakers may prefer terms such as jenis or sebagaimana, while macam remains a staple of colloquial language.
The word has several related usages. As a noun, it appears in phrases like macam-macam, which means
Macam also appears in common conversational patterns and can function as a filler or intensifier in informal
Etymologically, macam is native to Malay and Indonesian and is deeply embedded in the languages’ vocabularies.