buku

buku (plural not attested)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)

buku (comparative more buku, superlative most buku)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)

buku

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)

• IPA^(key): /bu.ku/
• Rhymes: -uku
• Hyphenation: bu‧ku

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Doublet of wuku.

buku (Balinese script ᬩᬸᬓᬸ)

1. joint (of fingers or similar structures)
2. articulation: a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)
3. taboo for cutting down segmented plants

   Hypernym: ᬳᬶᬗ᭄ᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (ingkel)

From Indonesian buku, from Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

buku (Balinese script ᬩᬸᬓᬸ)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

• “buku” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

buku

1. mountain

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 131

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with Malay buku.

• IPA^(key): /buku/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ku

buku

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

• bukhu

Borrowed from English book.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓú.ku/

búku class 5 (plural mabúku class 6)

1. book

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuku/ [ˈbu.ku]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: bu‧ku

From Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

buku (plural buku-buku)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

   Synonyms: kitab, pustaka

2. ellipsis of buku besar (“ledger”)

Although buku, kitab, and pustaka all translate as book, the latter two have more specialized usages. The word kitab is used commonly for books relating to religion and law. The word pustaka is used commonly in literature.

• boek (1901–1947)
• boekoe (1901–1947)

• → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
• → Petjo: boekoe
• → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)

• perpustakaan

From Malay buku, from Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Semantic loan from Bilba [Term?]. Doublet of wuku.

buku (plural buku-buku)

1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
2. a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)
3. (botany) articulation: a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem

   Synonyms: artikulasi, nodus, ruas

4. node:

   Synonyms: nodus, ruas

   1. knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
   2. (anatomy) a small mass of tissue that can be a knot, knob, or swelling
5. (anatomy) ellipsis of buku tangan (“knuckle”)

   Synonym: ruas sendi

6. (Rote Bilba dialect) bone protrusion, bone spur

• boekoe (1901–1947)

• “buku” 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.

buku

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶく

buku

1. romanization of ꦧꦸꦏꦸ

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

buku

1. locative singular of buk

From Proto-South Sulawesi *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

buku (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨀᨘ)

1. (anatomy) bone

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuku/ [ˈbu.ku]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u
• Hyphenation: bu‧ku

From Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh.

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku)

1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)

   Synonyms: ruas, sendi

2. nodes of bamboo segments between culms
3. knot of wood
4. a small block, lump or cake of something

   Synonyms: ketul, butir

   Buku tanah ― Mud block

5. gist of a remark.

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, singular sebuku)

1. classifier for blocky, lumpy things or things akin to blocks

   Sebuku roti ― A loaf of bread

Borrowed from Dutch boek (with later influence of English book), from Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks; may be influenced by Etymology 1 above.

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

   Synonyms: kitab, pustaka

   Buku siapakah ini?

   Whose book is this?

• > Indonesian: buku (inherited)

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکو boekoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکو buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 131
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 161

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

From Indonesian buku, from Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

buku

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

buku

1. strong

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ku/
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: bu‧ku

buku

1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of buk

buku

1. book

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

1. dative/locative singular of buk

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

1. accusative singular of buka

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

buku

1. dative/locative singular of buk

From English book or Dutch boek.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuku/

buku

1. book

Possibly from Kongo buuku (“mushroom”)^[1]

• IPA^(key): /buˈku/

buku

1. fungus, mould

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɓu.ku/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from English book.

buku class V (plural mabuku class VI)

1. book

   Synonym: kitabu

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

buku class V (plural mabuku class VI)

1. rat (big)

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

buku class ? (plural [please provide])

1. (Tanzania, slang) one thousand shilling

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ku/

buku

1. a hill

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

buku

1. predicative singular of buk

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

• IPA^(key): /ɓuku/

buku

1. bone

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris