rabuk

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrabuk/ [ˈra.bʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -abuk
• Syllabification: ra‧buk

Inherited from Malay rabuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabuk (“decaying wood; dust, powder”).^[1]

rabuk (plural rabuk-rabuk)

1. tinder (small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter used to help light a fire)

   Synonym: kawul

2. (figurative, uncommon) anything that easily causes a dispute

Borrowed from Javanese ꦫꦧꦸꦏ꧀ (rabuk). Perhaps related to the first etymology.

rabuk (plural rabuk-rabuk)

1. synonym of pupuk (“fertilizer”)

• “rabuk” 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.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabuk (“decaying wood; dust, powder”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrabuk/ [ˈra.buʔ]

rabuk (Jawi spelling رابوق, plural rabuk-rabuk)

1. tinder; touchwood (usually soft dusty material found in bamboo and inflammable)

   Synonym: kaul

2. ash that does not crumble readily

• Indonesian: rabuk

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