Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Methods
III. Results
1. Etymology
2. Comparison with Other Ludlings
3. Sociolinguistic History
4. Puns
5. Crime
6. Sex and Violence
IV. Discussion
1. Other Polysystemic Slangs Outside Malaysia and Indonesia
2. Prokem in the Larger Slang Context
V. Conclusion
VI. References
VII. Tables
Table 1. Previously Unreported Prokem Words and/or Definitions
Table 2. Summary of Transformations
Table 3. Some Prokem Words of English Language Derivation
Table 4. Prokem Words Indicating a North Sumatran Origin or Influence
Table 5. Summary of Ludlings from Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
Table 6. Cakap Balik: Peninsular Malaysian Ludling Words that Appear in Prokem (from Negri Sembilan State)
Table 7. Prokem Words that Are Both Puns and Ludlings
Table 8. Words Used in the Underworld of Colonial Batavia
Table 9. Prokem Words that Indicate an Origin in Rural Banditry
Table 10. Words in Prokem that Refer to Torture
Table 11. Words in Prokem for Film