swalayan

From swa- (“self-, auto-”) +‎ layan (“service”), from a calque of Dutch zelfbediening (“self-service”).

• IPA^(key): [swaˈlajan]
• Hyphenation: swa‧la‧yan

swalayan (first-person possessive swalayanku, second-person possessive swalayanmu, third-person possessive swalayannya)

1. self-service

   Antonym: purnalayan

   Hypernym: layanan

2. (colloquial) Short for pasar swalayan (“supermarket”, literally “market + self-service”).

• “swalayan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Calque of English self-service into swa- (“self-, auto-”) +‎ layan (“service”).

swalayan (Jawi spelling سوالاين‎, plural swalayan-swalayan, informal 1st possessive swalayanku, 2nd possessive swalayanmu, 3rd possessive swalayannya)

1. self-service

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