sibuk
Malay
Etymology
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Adjective
sibuk (Jawi spelling سيبوق)
- busy
- Ramzi sangat sibuk dengan hubungan bisnisnya.
- Ramzi is busy with his own dealings.
Derived terms
- bersibuk
- kesibukan
- menyibukkan
Further reading
- “sibuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Ternate
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsi.buk]
Verb
sibuk
- (stative) to be busy
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tosibuk | fosibuk | misibuk | |
| 2nd person | nosibuk | nisibuk | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | osibuk | isibuk yosibuk (archaic) | |
| feminine | mosibuk | |||
| neuter | isibuk | |||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh