bocah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bocah borrowing Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡ʃah]
• Hyphenation: bo‧cah

Noun

bocah (first-person possessive bocahku, second-person possessive bocahmu, third-person possessive bocahnya)

1. child; kid

Adjective

bocah

1. immature, childish

Derived terms

• kebocah-bocahan
• kebocahan
• membocah

 

• bocah angon

 

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

bocah

1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡ʃah]

Noun

bocah (Jawi spelling بوچه, plural bocah-bocah, informal 1st possessive bocahku, 2nd possessive bocahmu, 3rd possessive bocahnya)

1. child; kid

   Synonyms: anak, budak

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوچه bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎^[1], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 127
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[2], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 147

Further reading

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