Melayu

See also: melayu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Melayu.

Noun

Melayu pl (plural only)

1. The Malay ethnic group.

Anagrams

• mauley

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Melajoe (pre-1967)

Etymology

From Malay Melayu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈlaju]
• Hyphenation: Mê‧la‧yu

Proper noun

Melayu

1. Malay (ethnic group)
2. Malay (language)

Adjective

Melayu

1. Malay (pertaining to ethnic group or language)

Derived terms

• melayukan (“(transitive) to make something become Malay”)
• memelayukan (form of melayukan)
• pemelayuan (“malayisation”)

• bahasa Melayu (“Malay language”)
• orang Melayu (“Malay people”)

Malay

Etymology

From Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi). See more at English Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məlaju/
• Rhymes: -ju, -u
• Hyphenation: Me‧la‧yu

Proper noun

Melayu (Jawi spelling ملايو)

1. Malay (ethnic group, people, and language)

   Synonym: Jawi

   orang Melayu ― Malay people

   bahasa Melayu ― the Malay language

Affixations

• kemelayuan (Malayness)
• melayukan (to translate into Malay; to Malayize)
• pemelayuan (act of translating into Malay; Malayization)

 

Compounds

• bahasa Melayu
• masuk Melayu
• orang Melayu

 

Further reading

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