biku

Hiri Motu

Noun

biku

1. banana

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay biku from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ku/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ku

Noun

biku

1. (Buddhism, informal) Synonym of biksu

Alternative forms

• (formal) biksu

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

biku

1. Rōmaji transcription of びく

Malay

Etymology

From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”) likely via Thai, from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biksu.

Noun

biku (Jawi spelling بيکو, plural biku-biku, informal 1st possessive bikuku, 2nd possessive bikumu, 3rd possessive bikunya)

1. (Buddhism) monk

   Synonym: biksu

References

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 34-5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيکو biku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “biku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 139

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Noun

biku

1. Alternative spelling of wiku (“holy man, sage; priest; monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit”)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

biku (Cyrillic spelling бику)

1. dative/locative singular of bik