Melayu
(Redirected from orang Melayu)
See also: melayu
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Melayu pl (plural only)
- The Malay ethnic group.
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Melajoe (pre-1967)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Melayu
Adjective edit
Melayu
- Malay (pertaining to ethnic group or language)
Derived terms edit
- melayukan (“(transitive) to make something become Malay”)
- memelayukan (form of melayukan)
- pemelayuan (“malayisation”)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties as 木剌由 (Bok-la-yu or Mok-la-yu), 麻里予兒 (Ma-li-yu-er), 巫來由 (Wu-lai-yu) and 無來由 (Wu-lai-yu). The oldest known inscriptions in the Malay language were found at Kedukan Bukit and Talang Tuo, both in the vicinity of Palembang in southern Sumatra, and at Kota Kapur on Bangka island west of Sumatra. They are respectively dated 673, 684 and 686. Exonymous derivation from മല (mala, “mountain”) has not been demonstrated.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Melayu (Jawi spelling ملايو)
- Malay (ethnic group, people, and language)
- Synonym: Jawi
- orang Melayu ― Malay people
- bahasa Melayu ― the Malay language
Affixations edit
- kemelayuan (Malayness)
- melayukan (to translate into Malay; to Malayize)
- pemelayuan (act of translating into Malay; Malayization)
Compounds edit
Further reading edit
- “Melayu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.