pelanjib

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • planjib
  • pelan jib

Etymology

From Malay pelanjib, from Laskari Hindustani phalāne jīb, from English flying jib.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəˈland͡ʒib/ [pəˈlaɲ.d͡ʒɪp̚]
  • Rhymes: -and͡ʒib
  • Syllabification: pe‧lan‧jib

Noun

pelanjib

  1. (nautical) flying jib
    • 2010, C. Kowaas, Dewa Ruci: Pelayaran pertama menaklukkan tujuh samudra [Dewa Ruci: First voyage to conquer the seven seas]‎[1], Jakarta: Kompas, →ISBN, page 216:
      Lalu kami berlayar dengan full rigging lagi, minus layar panji dan pelanjib yang tiangnya telah diamputasi.
      Then we sailed again, full-rigged, minus the royal and the flying jib, whose masts have been amputated.

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, T. (2018), “Sailors, tailors, cooks, and crooks: On loanwords and neglected lives in Indian Ocean ports”, in Itinerario, volume 42, number 3, →DOI, pages 516–548