nelayan

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /nəˈlajan/ [nəˈla.jan]
  • Rhymes: -ajan
  • Syllabification: ne‧la‧yan

Noun

nelayan (plural nelayan-nelayan)

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

Derived terms

  • kenelayanan
  • nelayan andon
  • nelayan kecil
  • nelayan lokal
  • nelayan payang
  • nelayan pesisir
  • nelayan tradisional

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Ultimately from Tamil நுளையன் (nuḷaiyaṉ).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

nelayan (Jawi spelling نلاين, plural nelayan-nelayan)

  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.
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