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

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.

Malay

Etymology

laut +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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

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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)

Synonyms

• jeladeri / جلادري
• samudera / سمودرا
• segara / سݢارا

Further reading

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

Volapük

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) lautel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la.u.ˈtan]

Noun

lautan (nominative plural lautans)

1. author, writer

Declension

declension of lautan

	singular	plural
nominative	lautan	lautans
genitive	lautana	lautanas
dative	lautane	lautanes
accusative	lautani	lautanis
vocative 1	o lautan!	o lautans!
predicative 2	lautanu	lautanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• laut