teluk

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay teluk. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈluʔ/ [t̪əˈlʊʔ] Rhymes: -uʔ Syllabification: te‧luk === Noun === têluk bay (a body of water more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land) Synonym: keluk gulf (a portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea) === Further reading === “teluk”, 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 === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təluk (“curved, as a shoreline”). === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /təˈlok/ [t̪əˈloʔ] Rhymes: -oʔ (Baku) IPA(key): /təˈluk/ [t̪əˈluʔ] Rhymes: -uʔ Hyphenation: te‧luk === Noun === teluk (Jawi spelling تلوق, plural teluk-teluk or teluk2) bay, bend (of a river), gulf of sea ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: teluk (inherited) → Chinese: 直落 (Zhíluò) === Further reading === "teluk" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 Austronesian Comparative Dictionary