bocah
Betawi
Etymology
From Javanese bocah, from Old Javanese boñcah.
Noun
bocah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bocah borrowing Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbot͡ʃah]
- Hyphenation: bo‧cah
Noun
bocah (plural bocah-bocah)
Adjective
bocah
Derived terms
- kebocah-bocahan
- kebocahan
- membocah
- bocah angon
Further reading
- “bocah” 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
Romanization
bocah
- romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbot͡ʃah]
Noun
bocah (Jawi spelling بوچه, plural bocah-bocah)
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوچه bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary[1], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 127
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)[2], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 147
Further reading
- “bocah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.