teluk
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈluʔ/ [t̪əˈlʊʔ]
- Rhymes: -uʔ
- Syllabification: te‧luk
Noun
têluk
- bay (a body of water more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land)
- Synonym: keluk
- gulf (a portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea)
Further reading
- “teluk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təluk (“curved, as a shoreline”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təluk/
- Rhymes: -əluk, -luk, -uk
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [təlʊʔ, -loʔ, -lo̞ʔ]
Noun
teluk (Jawi spelling تلوق, plural teluk-teluk)
Descendants
Further reading
- “teluk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary