buluh

From Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malagasy volo), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

buluh

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)

From Malay buluh, from Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malagasy volo), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuluh/ [ˈbu.lʊh]
• Rhymes: -uluh
• Syllabification: bu‧luh

buluh (plural buluh-buluh)

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)
3. (botany) culm (the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge)

• aur
• bambu

• “buluh” 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.

• buloh (superseded, 1924-1972)

From Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (vuluḥ)

• IPA^(key): /buluh/
• Rhymes: -uluh, -luh, -uh
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.lʊh, -loh, -lo̞h]

buluh (Jawi spelling بولوه, plural buluh-buluh)

1. bamboo

   Synonyms: bambu, aur

• Indonesian: buluh

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