bunuh
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Malay bunuh, from Classical Malay بونوه (bunuh), from Old Malay वुनुः (vunuḥ), from Proto-Malayic *bunuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buNuq.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bunuh (active membunuh)
- to kill
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bunuh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *bunuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buNuq.
First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay वुनुः (vunuḥ), in inflected form nivunuh (current spelling dibunuh).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bunuh (Jawi spelling بونوه)
- to kill (put to death)
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pembunuh [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pembunuhan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- bunuhan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- membunuh [agent focus] (meN-)
- dibunuh [patient focus] (di-)
- terbunuh [agentless action] (teR-)
- berbunuhan [stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + -an)
- berbunuh-bunuhan [reduplication + stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (redup + beR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- bersibunuhan
- bunuh diri (“suicide”)
- bunuh-membunuh
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: bunuh
Further reading edit
- “bunuh” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.