bukit
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *bukit (compare Malay bukit).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bukit
- hill (elevated location)
Coordinate terms edit
- gunung (“mountain”)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay bukit, from Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bukit (first-person possessive bukitku, second-person possessive bukitmu, third-person possessive bukitnya)
- hill (elevated location)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bukit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij (compare Hiligaynon bukid, Waray-Waray bukid, Fijian buke, Maori puke), from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /buket/
- (Baku) IPA(key): /bukɪt/
- Rhymes: -uket, -ket, -et
- Rhymes: -it
Noun edit
bukit (Jawi spelling بوکيت, plural bukit-bukau, informal 1st possessive bukitku, 2nd possessive bukitmu, 3rd possessive bukitnya)
- hill (elevated location)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکت boekit”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکت bukit”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 130
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bukit”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 160-1
Further reading edit
- “bukit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.