laju

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay laju.

• The sense of commute is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦗꦸ (laju, “to commute”, literally “forward, continuous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlad͡ʒu/
• Hyphenation: la‧ju
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒu, -u

Adjective

laju

1. fast

   Synonym: cepat

Noun

laju (plural laju-laju, first-person possessive lajuku, second-person possessive lajumu, third-person possessive lajunya)

1. speed

Derived terms

• berlaju-laju
• bersilaju
• dilaju
• dilajukan
• kelajuan
• melaju
• melajukan
• perlajuan

 

• laju alir
• laju angin
• laju baud
• laju bita
• laju bocoran
• laju disintegrasi
• laju endapan
• laju infiltrasi
• laju inflasi
• laju informasi
• laju kematian spesifik
• laju ketukan
• laju metabolik
• laju metabolik minimum
• laju molekul
• laju mula
• laju pembakaran linier
• laju penurunan adiabatik
• laju penurunan adiabatik kering
• laju penurunan suhu
• laju penurunan suhu autokonvektif
• laju penurunan super adiabatik
• laju perkembangan
• laju perkolasi
• laju permeabilitas
• laju pertambahan tenaga kerja
• laju puncak langkisau
• laju rambat
• laju reaksi
• laju transfer informasi

 

Verb

laju (base-imperative laju, active melaju, ordinary passive dilaju)

1. to commute

Derived terms

• melaju
• pelaju

 

Further reading

• “laju” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lad͡ʒu/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒu, -d͡ʒu, -u

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Adjective

laju (Jawi spelling لاجو)

1. fast (capable of moving with great speed)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• kelajuan (“speed”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• pelajuan (“acceleration”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + repetition / reciprocity] (peN- + -an)
• melaju (“to go fast”) [agent focus] (meN-)
• melajukan (“to speed up”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• memperlaju (“to make more fast”) [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• lajunya

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

laju

1. Romanization of ᮜᮏᮥ