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Indonesian
Etymology
From swa- (“self-, auto-”) + layan (“service”), from a calque of Dutch zelfbediening (“self-service”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: swa‧la‧yan
Noun
swalayan (first-person possessive swalayanku, second-person possessive swalayanmu, third-person possessive swalayannya)
- self-service
- Antonym: purnalayan
- Hypernym: layanan
- (colloquial) Short for pasar swalayan (“supermarket”, literally “market + self-service”).
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Malay
Etymology
Calque of English self-service into swa- (“self-, auto-”) + layan (“service”).
Noun
swalayan (Jawi spelling سوالاين, plural swalayan-swalayan, informal 1st possessive swalayanku, 2nd possessive swalayanmu, 3rd possessive swalayannya)
- self-service
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