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Noun
budak
- flower
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay budak (“child”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”). The sense of slave is reinforced by Javanese ꦧꦸꦝꦏ꧀ (budhak, “slave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.dak/, /bu.daʔ/
- Hyphenation: bu‧dak
Noun
budak (plural para budak, budak-budak, first-person possessive budakku, second-person possessive budakmu, third-person possessive budaknya)
- slave
- Synonyms: antek, hamba
- (dialectal) child
- Synonym: anak
Usage notes
The word is part of partial false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay budak.
- The sense of child, which is the meaning in Standard Malay, is used in Indonesian Malay reside, such as Riau, and can be found in regional speech. However, the sense of child is obsolete in national Indonesian.
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Further reading
Maguindanao
Noun
budak
- mythological horse having the head of a human; a beautiful woman with long hair and beautiful wings
Malay
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”). Sense of "slave" is reinforced by Javanese ꦧꦸꦝꦏ꧀ (budhak, “slave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
budak (Jawi spelling بودق, plural budak-budak, informal 1st possessive budakku, 2nd possessive budakmu, 3rd possessive budaknya)
- (Malaysia, Singapore, Riau, Sumatra) young person; child
- Synonyms: anak, kanak-kanak, bocah
- (archaic, mainly in Indonesia) slave
- Synonyms: hamba, abdi
Usage notes
The word is part of partial false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian budak.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Kamus Bahasa Indonesia-Melayu Riau, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1997, →ISBN, page 13
- Kamus Melayu Sumatera Utara-Indonesia, Balai Bahasa Sumatera Utara Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 2018, →ISBN, page 140
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بودق boedak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 63
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بودق budak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 127
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “budak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 158
Further reading
Old Sundanese
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”).
Noun
budak
- young person; child
- Synonyms: anak, putra (male) / putri (female)
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"Rababu leumpang! Ku siya bwatkeun budak éta ka Rahiyangtang Mandiminyak. Anteurkeun patemuan siya Sang Salahtwah!"- Go, Rababu! Bring that child with you to Rahiyangtang Mandiminyak! Send him your bastard, Sang Salahtwah (the mistake) !
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوداق (budak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûdaːk/
- Hyphenation: bu‧dak
Noun
bȕdāk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̏да̄к)
- pickax, mattock
Declension
References
- “budak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Sundanese
Etymology
From Old Sundanese budak, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”). Word and sense related to Malay budak.
Noun
budak
- young person; child; kid
- Kunaon éta budak teu indit ka sakola?
- Why didn't that kid go to school?
- Synonym: murangkalih
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوداق (budak, “shoot in a tree; gnarl”), from Proto-Turkic *būtak, a development of *būta- (“to cut branches, prune”).
Noun
budak (definite accusative budağı, plural budaklar)
- (botany) shoot, the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant
- gnarl, a knot in the wood or a protuberance with twisted grain on a tree
Declension
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