The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Malay \Ma*lay"\, prop. n.
   One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay
   Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
   [1913 Webster] Malay

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. a.
   Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
   Malay language.
   [1913 Webster]

   Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia
      Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Malay
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or
           language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and
           parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples";
           "Malayan syllable structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
    n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay
         Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay
         Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]
    2: a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages