Around this time, the term "ketuanan Melayu" — "tuan" being the Malay word for "lord" or "master" — came into common usage, even entering the government-approved secondary school curriculum.
大約就在這個時候，馬來文的「ketuanan Melayu」（馬來人至上）這個字——“tuan”是马来语「君王」或「主人」的稱號——演變成日常用語，甚至納入政府核准的中學課程。