dukuh

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.kʊh/
  • Rhymes: -kʊh
  • Hyphenation: du‧kuh

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦝꦸꦏꦸꦃ (dhukuh, “hamlet, chief of hamlet”), from Old Javanese ḍukuh (“forest hermitage”).

Noun

dukuh (plural dukuh-dukuh)

  1. hamlet
  2. chief of hamlet
Derived terms
  • pedukuhan
  • perdukuhan
  • sedukuh

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dukuh (plural dukuh-dukuh)

  1. one whose occupation is to slaughter cattle

Etymology 3

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

Pronoun

dukuh

  1. (dialect) greeting words for only children

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

dukuh

  1. romanization of ꦢꦸꦏꦸꦃ
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