bubuk

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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bubuk, from Proto-Malayic *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice; dust produced by the boring of this insect”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.buk/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧buk

Noun

bubuk (plural bubuk-bubuk)

  1. weevil
  2. powder; powdered substance
    Synonym: serbuk

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦧꦸꦧꦸꦏ꧀
Pegon
Roman bubuk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice; dust produced by the boring of this insect”).

Noun

bubuk

  1. powder
    Synonym: abuk
  2. weevil; termite-like insect

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “bubuk”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice; dust produced by the boring of this insect”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bubuk (Jawi spelling بوبوق, plural bubuk-bubuk, informal 1st possessive bubukku, 2nd possessive bubukmu, 3rd possessive bubuknya)

  1. weevil
  2. woodworm

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bubuk

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice; dust produced by the boring of this insect”).

Noun

bubuk

  1. weevil

Descendants

Further reading

  • "bubuk" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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