bakau
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bakau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbakau̯/ [ˈba.kau̯]
- Rhymes: -akau̯
- Syllabification: ba‧kau
Noun
bakau (plural bakau-bakau)
Hyponyms
- bakau akik (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
- bakau daun besar (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
- bakau hitam (“loop-root mangrove”)
- bakau jangkar (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
- bakau kurap (“loop-root mangrove”)
- bakau merah (“red mangrove”)
- bakau minyak (“large-leafed orange mangrove”)
- bakau tapusing (“upriver orange mangrove”)
Further reading
- “bakau” 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.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakehaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw. Cognate with Tagalog bakawan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.kau̯/
- Rhymes: -akau̯, -kau̯, -au̯
- Rhymes: -au̯
Noun
bakau (Jawi spelling باکاو, plural bakau-bakau)
Descendants
- Indonesian: bakau
See also
Further reading
- “bakau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.