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Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bunuh (“to kill”), from Malay bunuh, from Proto-Malayic *bunuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buNuq.
Verb
boenoe
- to kill
- Padoelah dengen orang-orang djeman doeloe jang boenoe diri boeat haloean, kahormatan dan kabeneran.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 20