teluk

Malay

Pantai yang menghadap Teluk Biscay, San Sebastián, Spanyol

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, informal 1st possessive telukku, 2nd possessive telukmu, 3rd possessive teluknya)

1. bay, bend (of a river), gulf of sea

Further reading

• “teluk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary