baku-

Manado Malay

Etymology

From Ternate maku-.[1]

Prefix

baku-

  1. mutually, reciprocally, each other, one another

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: baku

References

  1. ^ Jack Prentice (1994) “Manado Malay: Product and agent of language change”, in Tom Dutton, Darrell T. Tryon, editor, Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 77), Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, →DOI, pages 411–442

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Ternate maku-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baku-/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ku-
  • Note: Just like any other prefixes in the language, it's usually unstressed in many words.

Prefix

baku-

  1. Used to form a reciprocal verb.
    ciom (“to kiss”) > bakuciom (“to kiss (each other)”)
    poló (“to hug”) > bakupoló (“to hug (each other)”)
  2. Used to form an intensive verb.
    cari (“to search”) > bakucari (“to search (repeatedly, intensively)”)

Usage notes

It is often written separately from words.

See also

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