See also: báŋku

Iban

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay bangku, from Portuguese banco.

Noun

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bangku

  1. bench (long seat)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay bangku, from Classical Malay بڠکو (bangku), a borrowing from Portuguese banco, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Doublet of bank.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bangku (plural bangku-bangku)

  1. bench (long seat)
    Synonyms: seliri, dingklik, dudukan

Descendants

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  • Ternate: bangku

Further reading

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Kapampangan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish banco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəŋˈkuʔ/ [bəŋˈkuʔ]

Noun

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bangkû

  1. bench
  2. chair; stool

Limos Kalinga

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Etymology

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From Spanish banco.

Noun

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bangku

  1. bench

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish banco.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈbaŋku/ [ˈbaŋ.ku]
  • Rhymes: -aŋku
  • Syllabification: bang‧ku

Noun

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bangku

  1. bench
  2. stool
  3. bank

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Portuguese banco. Doublet of bank.

Noun

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bangku (Jawi spelling بڠکو, plural bangku-bangku)

  1. bench (long seat)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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bangku (Jawi spelling بڠکو, plural bangku-bangku)

  1. (botany) a kind of tree (Syzygium claviflorum)[1]
    Synonym: jambu arang

References

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  1. ^ Wilkinson, R. J. (1932) “bangku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis

Further reading

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Tausug

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish banco, from Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Compare Cebuano bangko & Tagalog bangko.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /baŋku/ [baŋˈk̠u]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: bang‧ku

Noun

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bangku (Sulat Sūg spelling بَڠْكُ)

  1. bank

Ternate

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Etymology

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From Indonesian bangku, from Portuguese banco.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bangku

  1. bench

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh