buai

• IPA^(key): /buai̯/

buai

1. to throw away; discard

   Buai uras nya

   Throw these rubbish away

2. to waste (time)

   Jam dibuai iya beganjuh kia-kia.

   He is wasting time loafing about here and there.

3. (mathematics) subtract, deduct, remove, minus

   Synonym: tulak

   Antonym: tambah

   Buai 4 ari 5 ― 5 is subtracted from 4

Inherited from Malay buai, from Proto-Malayic *buhay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqay, a variant of *bui (“to swing”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuai̯/ [ˈbu.ai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Syllabification: bu‧ai

buai

1. swing (the manner in which something is swung)

   Synonyms: buaian, ayunan

buai (active membuai, passive dibuai)

1. to swing, cradle

• “buai” 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqay, a variant of *bui (“to swing”). Cognate with Binukid buay (“to swing back and forth”).

• IPA^(key): /buai̯/
• Rhymes: -uai̯, -ai̯

buai (Jawi spelling بواي)

1. to swing
2. to sway

• Indonesian: buai

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

From Tolai (or a closely related language, like Label) buai.

buai

1. areca; betel nut

   Noken kaikai buai long smolhaus. Buai pekpek i stap tumas doti.

   No chewing betelnut in the restroom. The spit from betelnut is very dirty.

• daka
• limbum

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN