nelayan

Indonesian

nelayan

Etymology

From Malay nelayan, ultimately from Tamil நுளையன் (nuḷaiyaṉ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /nəˈlajan/ [nəˈla.jan]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: ne‧la‧yan

Noun

nelayan (plural nelayan-nelayan)

1. fisherman

   Nelayan merasa di laut seperti di rumah sendiri. ― When at sea, fishermen feel as if in their own home.

Derived terms

• kenelayanan

• nelayan andon
• nelayan kecil
• nelayan lokal
• nelayan payang
• nelayan pesisir
• nelayan tradisional

Further reading

• “nelayan”, 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

Ultimately from Tamil நுளையன் (nuḷaiyaṉ).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

Noun

nelayan (Jawi spelling نلاين, plural nelayan-nelayan or nelayan²)

1. fisherman
   • 2021 November 12, Ekhwan Haque Fazlul Haque, “Nelayan buntu hilang punca rezeki”, in Berita Harian‎^[1]:

     Beliau berkata, kerja penambakan laut sememangnya menjejaskan pendapatan lebih 50 nelayan yang bergantung sepenuhnya sebagai nelayan pesisir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “nelayan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017