bakau

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bakau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbakau̯/ [ˈba.kau̯]
• Rhymes: -akau̯
• Syllabification: ba‧kau

Noun

bakau (plural bakau-bakau)

1. mangrove (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water)

   Synonym: mangrove

Hyponyms

• bakau akik (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
• bakau daun besar (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
• bakau hitam (“loop-root mangrove”)
• bakau jangkar (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
• bakau kurap (“loop-root mangrove”)
• bakau merah (“red mangrove”)
• bakau minyak (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
• bakau tapusing (“upriver orange mangrove”)

Further reading

• “bakau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakehaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw. Cognate with Tagalog bakawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.kau̯/
• Rhymes: -akau̯, -kau̯, -au̯
• Rhymes: -au̯

Noun

bakau (Jawi spelling باکاو, plural bakau-bakau)

1. mangrove

Descendants

• Indonesian: bakau

See also

• tengar

Further reading

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