gajah laut

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of gajah (“elephant”) +‎ laut (“sea”), calque of Dutch zeeolifant (“elephant seal”, literally “sea elephant”).

Noun

gajah laut (first-person possessive gajah lautku, second-person possessive gajah lautmu, third-person possessive gajah lautnya)

(zoology) elephant seal, member of the genus Mirounga.

Further reading

“gajah laut” 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.

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