buat

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

bowat

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈbuːət/

NounEdit

buat (plural buats)

(Scotland) A lantern.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 270129598:
  he muttered a Gaelic curse upon the unseasonable splendour of Mac-Farlane' s buat
(Scotland) The moon.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for buat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

AnagramsEdit

Batu, Taub, Tuba, abut, batu, buta, tabu, tuba

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay buat, from Old Malay vuat, from Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.

VerbEdit

buat

to make, to do

Usage notesEdit

This root usually has the meaning "to make", except in the derivative berbuat, which has the meaning "to do". Otherwise, the meaning "to do" is supplied by laku.

Derived termsEdit

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

berbuat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
buatan [repetition / reciprocity] (-an)
membuat [agent focus] (meN-)
membuatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
memperbuat [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
pembuat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
pembuatan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + repetition / reciprocity] (peN- + -an)
perbuat [causative passive] (peR-)
terbuat [agentless action] (teR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

PrepositionEdit

buat

for

ConjunctionEdit

buat

in order to, in order that

ReferencesEdit

“buat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

boat (1701 by Thomas Bowrey)

EtymologyEdit

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /buat/
Rhymes: -uat, -wat, -at
Audio (MY)
(file)

VerbEdit

buat (used in the form membuat, and berbuat)

to do (perform, execute)

SynonymsEdit

(Singapore) bikin

Derived termsEdit

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

pembuat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
buatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
buat-buat [reduplication] (redup)
perbuat [causative passive] (peR-)
buatkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
buati [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
membuat [agent focus] (meN-)
dibuat [patient focus] (di-)
terbuat [agentless action] (teR-)
berbuat [stative / habitual] (beR-)

TetumEdit

NounEdit

buat

thing

Toba BatakEdit

VerbEdit

buat (active mambuat)

to take

ReferencesEdit

Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 38.