boneka

Inherited from Malay boneka, from Portuguese boneca, from Spanish muñeca (“doll”), from Old Spanish munneca.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /boˈnɛka/ [boˈnɛ.ka]
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Syllabification: bo‧ne‧ka

boneka (plural boneka-boneka)

1. doll

   Synonym: pop

2. (sometimes negative) a puppet

   Negara boneka

   Puppet state

• “boneka” 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 Portuguese boneca, from Spanish muñeca, from Old Spanish munneca.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /boˈnekə/ [boˈne.kə]
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /boˈneka/ [boˈne.ka]
• (Johor-Selangor): Rhymes: -kə, -ə
• (Riau-Lingga): Rhymes: -ka, -a
• Hyphenation: bo‧ne‧ka

boneka (Jawi spelling بونيکا, plural boneka-boneka)

1. puppet (both in literal and figurative senses)
2. doll

   Synonym: anak patung

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