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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bocah borrowing Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.
Pronunciation
Noun
bocah (first-person possessive bocahku, second-person possessive bocahmu, third-person possessive bocahnya)
- child; kid
Adjective
bocah
- immature, childish
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
bocah
- Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.
Pronunciation
Noun
bocah (Jawi spelling بوچه, plural bocah-bocah, informal 1st possessive bocahku, 2nd possessive bocahmu, 3rd possessive bocahnya)
- child; kid
- Synonyms: anak, budak
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوچه bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 127
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 147
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