kelasi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kelasi,from Classical Malay kelasi (“sailor”), from Persian خلاصی (xalâsi, “sailor”). Cognate of English khalasi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəˈla.si]
- Hyphenation: ke‧la‧si
Noun
kêlasi (first-person possessive kelasiku, second-person possessive kelasimu, third-person possessive kelasinya)
- (obsolete) sailor, one who mans a ship.
- Synonym: matros
- (military) seaman
- (Indonesia) lowest rank group in the Navy, below corporal (kopral), consist of three levels: seaman recruit (kelasi dua), seaman apprentice (kelasi satu) and seaman (kelasi kepala)
- a person of the lowest rank in the British Navy, below able seaman.
- an enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
- a person of the lowest rank in the Navy
Further reading
- “kelasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.