nelayan

Indonesian

nelayan

Etymology

From Malay nelayan, ultimately from Tamil நுளையன் (nuḷaiyaṉ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nəˈlajan]
• Hyphenation: nê‧la‧yan

Noun

nelayan (plural nelayan-nelayan, first-person possessive nelayanku, second-person possessive nelayanmu, third-person possessive nelayannya)

1. fisherman

   Nelayan merasa di laut seperti di rumah sendiri. ― When at sea, fishermen feel as if in their own home.

Further reading

• “nelayan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Ultimately from Tamil நுளையன் (nuḷaiyaṉ).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

Noun

nelayan (Jawi spelling نلاين, plural nelayan-nelayan, informal 1st possessive nelayanku, 2nd possessive nelayanmu, 3rd possessive nelayannya)

1. fisherman
   • 2021 November 12, Ekhwan Haque Fazlul Haque, “Nelayan buntu hilang punca rezeki”, in Berita Harian‎^[1]:

     Beliau berkata, kerja penambakan laut sememangnya menjejaskan pendapatan lebih 50 nelayan yang bergantung sepenuhnya sebagai nelayan pesisir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “nelayan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.