Melayu
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Melayu pl (plural only)
- The Malay ethnic group.
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Melajoe (pre-1967)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melayu
Adjective
[edit]Melayu
- Malay (pertaining to ethnic group or language)
Derived terms
[edit]- melayukan (“(transitive) to make something become Malay”)
- memelayukan (form of melayukan)
- pemelayuan (“malayisation”)
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties as 木剌由 (Bok-la-yu or Mok-la-yu), 麻里予兒 (Ma-li-yu-er), 巫來由 (Wu-lai-yu) and 無來由 (Wu-lai-yu). The oldest known inscriptions in the Malay language were found at Kedukan Bukit and Talang Tuo, both in the vicinity of Palembang in southern Sumatra, and at Kota Kapur on Bangka island west of Sumatra. They are respectively dated 673, 684 and 686. Possibly cognate with Old Javanese malayū (“to run, to run away, to flee”), referring to the Musi river at Palembang.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melayu (Jawi spelling ملايو)
- Malay (ethnic group, people, and language)
- Synonym: Jawi
- orang Melayu ― Malay people
- bahasa Melayu ― the Malay language
Affixations
[edit]- kemelayuan (Malayness)
- melayukan (to translate into Malay; to Malayize)
- pemelayuan (act of translating into Malay; Malayization)
Compounds
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Melayu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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