pucuk

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pucuk, from Classical Malay pucuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qəpucuk (“peak of a mountain”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈput͡ʃuk/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃʊk̚]
  • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃuk
  • Syllabification: pu‧cuk

Noun

pucuk (plural pucuk-pucuk)

  1. shoot: the emerging embryonic leaves of a new plant
  2. sharp-pointed tip (tree, wave etc)
    1. top branchlet
  3. something highest
    tanah pucuk ― topsoil
  4. (figurative) helm (of leadership or organization)
    Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berpucuk [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Classifier

pucuk

  1. classifier for needle, sharp-pointed objects, firearms and letters

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

pucuk

  1. tip, point, peak

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qəpucuk (“peak of a mountain”).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈput͡ʃok/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃoʔ]
    • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃok, -ok
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈput͡ʃuk/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃuʔ]
    • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃuk, -uk
  • Hyphenation: pu‧cuk

Noun

pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, plural pucuk-pucuk)

  1. shoot; spear; ratoon
  2. top branchlet
  3. (figurative) helm (of leadership)
    Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berpucuk [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: pucuk (inherited)

Classifier

pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, singular sepucuk)

  1. Classifier for letters and guns.
    sepucuk surat ― a letter
    sepucuk pistol ― a gun

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤوچق poetjoek”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤوچق puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 478
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk.

Noun

pucuk

  1. tip, point, peak
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