anak sulung
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of anak + sulung (“firstborn”).
Noun
anak sulung (plural anak-anak sulung)
- firstborn
- Synonym: anak pertama
Further reading
- “anak sulung”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
From anak (“child”) + first (“first”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA(key): /ˌanak ˈsuloŋ/ [ˌa.naʔ ˈsu.loŋ]
- (Baku) IPA(key): /ˌanak ˈsuluŋ/ [ˌa.naʔ ˈsu.luŋ]