Melayu

Borrowed from Malay Melayu.

Melayu pl (plural only)

1. The Malay ethnic group.

• mauley

• Melajoe (1947–1972)

From Malay Melayu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˈlaju/ [məˈla.ju]
• Rhymes: -aju
• Syllabification: Me‧la‧yu

Melayu

1. Malay (ethnic group)
2. Malay (language)

Melayu (comparative lebih Melayu, superlative paling Melayu)

1. Malay (pertaining to ethnic group or language)

• melayukan (“(transitive) to make something become Malay”)
• memelayukan (form of melayukan)
• pemelayuan (“malayisation”)

• bahasa Melayu (“Malay language”)
• orang Melayu (“Malay people”)

From Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi). See more at English Malay.

• IPA^(key): /məˈlaju/ [məˈla.ju]

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• Rhymes: -ju, -u
• Hyphenation: Me‧la‧yu

Melayu (Jawi spelling ملايو)

1. Malay (ethnic group, people, and language)

   Synonym: Jawi

   orang Melayu ― Malay people

   bahasa Melayu ― the Malay language

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