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Baba Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bujang (“single, unmarried”).
Noun
bujang
- widowed
Iban
Noun
bujang
- single (male)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bujang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: bu‧jang
Noun
bujang (first-person possessive bujangku, second-person possessive bujangmu, third-person possessive bujangnya)
- single, unmarried person
Adjective
bujang
- single, unmarried
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
bujang
- Romanization of ꦧꦸꦗꦁ
Malay
Etymology
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Noun
bujang (Jawi spelling بوجڠ, informal 1st possessive bujangku, 2nd possessive bujangmu, 3rd possessive bujangnya)
- single, unmarried person
Adjective
bujang (Jawi spelling بوجڠ)
- single, unmarried
Descendants
References
- ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
Further reading