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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.