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buku

See also: buků and bükü

English

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Noun

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buku (plural not attested)

  1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)

Adverb

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buku (comparative more buku, superlative most buku)

  1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)

Determiner

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buku

  1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)

Balinese

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Romanization

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buku

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬓᬸ

Blagar

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Noun

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buku

  1. mountain

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with Malay buku.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buku/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ku

Noun

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buku

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

Chichewa

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English book.

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Noun

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búku class 5 (plural mabúku class 6)

  1. book

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

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buku (plural buku-buku, first-person possessive bukuku, second-person possessive bukumu, third-person possessive bukunya)

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
    Synonyms: kitab, pustaka
  2. ellipsis of buku besar (“ledger”).
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Although buku, kitab, and pustaka all translate as book, the latter two have more specialized usages. The word kitab is used commonly for books relating to religion and law. The word pustaka is used commonly in literature.

Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
  • → Petjo: boekoe
  • → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)

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Etymology 2

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From Malay buku, from Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Doublet of wuku.

Noun

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buku (plural buku-buku, first-person possessive bukuku, second-person possessive bukumu, third-person possessive bukunya)

  1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
  2. a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)
  3. (botany) articulation
    Synonym: artikulasi
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Japanese

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Romanization

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buku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶく

Javanese

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buku

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦏꦸ

Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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buku

  1. locative singular of buk

Makasar

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Etymology

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From Proto-South Sulawesi *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

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Noun

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buku (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨀᨘ)

  1. (anatomy) bone

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

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buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
    Synonyms: kitab, pustaka
    Buku siapakah ini?
    Whose book is this?
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh.

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buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

  1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
    Synonyms: ruas, sendi
  2. nodes of bamboo segments between culms
  3. knot of wood
  4. a small block, lump or cake of something
    Synonyms: ketul, butir
    Buku tanah ― Mud block
  5. gist of a remark.
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Classifier

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buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, singular sebuku)

  1. classifier for blocky, lumpy things or things akin to blocks
    Sebuku roti ― A loaf of bread
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References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکو boekoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکو buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 131
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 161

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Nalca

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Etymology

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From Indonesian buku, from Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

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buku

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

Oroqen

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Adjective

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buku

  1. strong

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ku/
  • Rhymes: -uku
  • Syllabification: bu‧ku

Noun

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buku

  1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of buk

Rawa

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Noun

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buku

  1. book

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

  1. dative/locative singular of buk

Noun

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buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

  1. accusative singular of buka

Slovak

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Noun

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buku

  1. dative/locative singular of buk

Sranan Tongo

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From English book or Dutch boek.

Noun

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buku

  1. book

Etymology 2

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Possibly from Kongo buuku (“mushroom”)[1]

Noun

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buku

  1. fungus, mould

References

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  1. ^ G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎[1], →ISSN, page 54

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English book.

Noun

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buku (ma class, plural mabuku)

  1. book
    Synonym: kitabu

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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buku (ma class, plural mabuku)

  1. rat (big)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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buku (needs class)

  1. (Tanzania, slang) one thousand shilling

Ternate

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Noun

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buku

  1. a hill

References

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

Volapük

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Noun

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buku

  1. predicative singular of buk

Wolio

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buku

  1. bone

References

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  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris
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