lautan

See also: laŭtan

Basque

Adjective

lautan

1. inessive inanimate indefinite of lau

Noun

lautan

1. inessive indefinite of lau

Numeral

lautan

1. inessive indefinite of lau

Finnish

Noun

lautan

1. genitive singular of lautta

Anagrams

• alunat, latuna, naulat, taulan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed laut (“sea”) +‎ -an, from Malay lautan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /laˈutan/ [laˈu.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -utan
• Syllabification: la‧u‧tan

Noun

lautan (plural lautan-lautan)

1. ocean (one of the five large bodies of water)

   Synonyms: osean, samudra

Further reading

• “lautan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From laut +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /laotan/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /laʊtan/
• Rhymes: -otan, -tan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

lautan (Jawi spelling لاءوتن, plural lautan-lautan or lautan²)

1. ocean (one of the five large bodies of water)

   Synonyms: jeladeri, samudera, segara

Further reading

• "lautan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• lautan on the Malay Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ms

Sundanese

Etymology

From laut +‎ -an.

Noun

lautan (Sundanese script ᮜᮅᮒᮔ᮪)

1. ocean; the high seas
2. (by extension) nature (innate characteristics of a person)

   Kudu nyaho lautanana, kudu nyaho tatambanganana

   One must know one's nature and character

   (literally, “One must know one's seas and one's tether”)

Derived terms

• ngalautan

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Volapük

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) lautel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la.u.ˈtan]

Noun

lautan (genitive lautana, plural lautans)

1. author, writer

Declension

Declension of lautan

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lautan	lautans
Genitive	lautana	lautanas
Dative	lautane	lautanes
Accusative	lautani	lautanis
Predicative1	lautanu	lautanus
Vocative	o lautan	o lautans

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Related terms

• laut