bangku

Borrowed from Malay bangku, from Portuguese banco.

bangku

1. bench (long seat)

From Malay bangku, from Classical Malay بڠکو (bangku), a borrowing from Portuguese banco, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Doublet of bank.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋku/ [ˈbaŋ.ku]

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• Rhymes: -aŋku
• Syllabification: bang‧ku

bangku (plural bangku-bangku)

1. bench (long seat)

   Synonyms: seliri, dingklik, dudukan

• → Ternate: bangku

• “bangku” 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.

Borrowed from Spanish banco.

• IPA^(key): /bəŋˈkuʔ/ [bəŋˈkuʔ]

bangkû

1. bench
2. chair; stool

From Spanish banco.

bangku

1. bench

Borrowed from Spanish banco.

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋku/ [ˈbaŋ.ku]
• Rhymes: -aŋku
• Syllabification: bang‧ku

bangku

1. bench
2. stool
3. bank

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋku/ [ˈbaŋ.ku]
• Rhymes: -aŋku, -ku, -u
• Hyphenation: bang‧ku

Borrowed from Portuguese banco. Doublet of bank.

bangku (Jawi spelling بڠکو, plural bangku-bangku)

1. bench (long seat)

• > Indonesian: bangku (inherited)
  • → Ternate: bangku
• → Iban: bangku

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

• bangkuh

bangku (Jawi spelling بڠکو, plural bangku-bangku)

1. (botany) a kind of tree (Syzygium claviflorum)^[1]

   Synonym: jambu arang

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

Borrowed from Spanish banco, from Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Compare Cebuano bangko & Tagalog bangko.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /baŋku/ [baŋˈk̠u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: bang‧ku

bangku (Sulat Sūg spelling بَڠْكُ)

1. bank

From Indonesian bangku, from Portuguese banco.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbäŋ.ku]

bangku

1. bench

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