lautan

Adjective

lautan

1. inessive inanimate indefinite of lau

Noun

lautan

1. inessive indefinite of lau

Numeral

lautan

1. inessive indefinite of lau

Noun

lautan

1. genitive singular of lautta

Anagrams

• alunat, latuna, naulat, taulan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lautan (first-person possessive lautanku, second-person possessive lautanmu, third-person possessive lautannya)

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

   Synonym: samudra

Further reading

• “lautan” 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.

Etymology

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, informal 1st possessive lautanku, 2nd possessive lautanmu, 3rd possessive lautannya)

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

Further reading

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

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) lautel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la.u.ˈtan]

Noun

lautan (nominative plural lautans)

1. author, writer