bukit

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bukit (compare Malay bukit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bukit/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧kit

Noun

bukit

  1. hill (elevated location)

Coordinate terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bukit, from Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bu‧kit

Noun

bukit (first-person possessive bukitku, second-person possessive bukitmu, third-person possessive bukitnya)

  1. hill (elevated location)

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij (compare Hiligaynon bukid, Waray-Waray bukid, Fijian buke, Maori puke), from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Pronunciation

Noun

bukit (Jawi spelling بوکيت, plural bukit-bukau, informal 1st possessive bukitku, 2nd possessive bukitmu, 3rd possessive bukitnya)

  1. hill (elevated location)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bukit (hill)
  • Thai: ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt, Phuket)

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکت boekit”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکت bukit”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 130
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bukit”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 160-1

Further reading