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laut.

sea (body of water)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlaut/Standard-Indonesian[ˈla.ʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian

  1. sea (body of water)

  2. north

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Malay laut, from Classical Malay laut (“sea”), from Proto-Malayic *laut (“towards the sea”), replaces an earlier *tasik (“sea”) (now tasik (“lake”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Cognate with Minangkabau lauik (“sea”), Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦂ (lor, “north”), Ilocano laud (“west”). Doublet of lor.

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