pucuk

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pucuk, from Classical Malay pucuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk (“peak of a mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [put͡ʃʊk]

Noun

pucuk (first-person possessive pucukku, second-person possessive pucukmu, third-person possessive pucuknya)

1. shoot: the emerging embryonic leaves of a new plant
2. sharp-pointed tip (tree, wave etc)
   1. top branchlet
3. (figurative) helm (of leadership or organization)

   Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berpucuk [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Classifier

pucuk

1. Classifier for needle, sharp-pointed objects, firearms and letters.

Further reading

• “pucuk” 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.

Javanese

Noun

pucuk

1. tip, point, peak

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk (“peak of a mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put͡ʃuʔ/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃuk, -uk, -t͡ʃok, -ok
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [put͡ʃʊʔ, -oʔ, -o̞ʔ]

Noun

pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, plural pucuk-pucuk, informal 1st possessive pucukku, 2nd possessive pucukmu, 3rd possessive pucuknya)

1. shoot; spear; ratoon
2. top branchlet
3. (figurative) helm (of leadership)

   Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berpucuk [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pucuk

Classifier

pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, singular sepucuk)

1. Classifier for letters and guns.

   sepucuk surat ― a letter

   sepucuk pistol ― a gun

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk.

Noun

pucuk

1. tip, point, peak