Banjarese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malagasy volo), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

Noun edit

buluh

  1. bamboo (plant)
  2. bamboo (wood)

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay buluh, from Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malagasy volo), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buluh (plural buluh-buluh, first-person possessive buluhku, second-person possessive buluhmu, third-person possessive buluhnya)

  1. bamboo (plant)
  2. bamboo (wood)

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2010) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary[1]:2020

Further reading edit

Malay edit

Alternative forms edit

  • buloh (nonstandard, obsolete)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (vuluḥ)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buluh (Jawi spelling بولوه, plural buluh-buluh, informal 1st possessive buluhku, 2nd possessive buluhmu, 3rd possessive buluhnya)

  1. bamboo
    Synonyms: bambu, aur

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: buluh

Further reading edit