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Hiri Motu
Noun
biku
- banana
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay biku from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.ku/
- Hyphenation: bi‧ku
Noun
biku
- (Buddhism, informal) Synonym of biksu
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
biku
- Rōmaji transcription of びく
Malay
Etymology
From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”) likely via Thai, from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biksu.
Noun
biku (Jawi spelling بيکو, plural biku-biku, informal 1st possessive bikuku, 2nd possessive bikumu, 3rd possessive bikunya)
- (Buddhism) monk
- Synonym: biksu
References
- Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 34-5
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيکو biku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “biku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 139
Further reading
Old Javanese
Noun
biku
- Alternative spelling of wiku (“holy man, sage; priest; monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit”)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
biku (Cyrillic spelling бику)
- dative/locative singular of bik