buku

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See also: buků and bükü

English

Noun

buku (plural not attested)

  1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)

Adverb

buku (comparative more buku, superlative most buku)

  1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)

Determiner

buku

  1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)

Balinese

Romanization

buku

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬓᬸ

Blagar

Noun

buku

  1. mountain

References

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with Malay buku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buku/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ku

Noun

buku

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

Chichewa

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Pronunciation

Noun

búku class 5 (plural mabúku class 6)

  1. book

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

buku (plural buku-buku, first-person possessive bukuku, second-person possessive bukumu, third-person possessive bukunya)

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
    Synonyms: kitab, pustaka
  2. ellipsis of buku besar (“ledger”).
Usage notes

Although buku, kitab, and pustaka are translated as book, they have different sense. The word kitab is used commonly in law and religion theme. The word pustaka is used commonly in literature.

Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
  • → Petjo: boekoe
  • → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)

See also

Etymology 2

From Malay buku, from Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Doublet of wuku.

Noun

buku (plural buku-buku, first-person possessive bukuku, second-person possessive bukumu, third-person possessive bukunya)

  1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
  2. a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)
  3. (botany) articulation
    Synonym: artikulasi
Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

buku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶく

Javanese

Romanization

buku

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦏꦸ

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

buku

  1. locative singular of buk

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

Pronunciation

Noun

buku (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨀᨘ)

  1. (anatomy) bone

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buku/
  • Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
    Synonyms: kitab, pustaka
    Buku siapakah ini?
    Whose book is this?
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh.

Noun

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

  1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
    Synonyms: ruas, sendi
  2. nodes of bamboo segments between culms
  3. knot of wood
  4. a small block, lump or cake of something
    Synonyms: ketul, butir
    Buku tanah ― Mud block
  5. gist of a remark.
Derived terms
Descendants

Classifier

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, singular sebuku)

  1. classifier for blocky, lumpy things or things akin to blocks
    Sebuku roti ― A loaf of bread
Descendants

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکو boekoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکو buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 131
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 161

Further reading

Nalca

Etymology

From Indonesian buku, from Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

buku

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

Oroqen

Adjective

buku

  1. strong

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ku/
  • Rhymes: -uku
  • Syllabification: bu‧ku

Noun

buku

  1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of buk

Rawa

Noun

buku

  1. book

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

  1. dative/locative singular of buk

Noun

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

  1. accusative singular of buka

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

buku

  1. dative/locative singular of buk

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English book or Dutch boek.

Noun

buku

  1. book

Etymology 2

Possibly from Kongo buuku (“mushroom”)

Noun

buku

  1. fungus, mould

References

  1. ^ G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎, →ISSN, page 54

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English book.

Noun

buku (ma class, plural mabuku)

  1. book
    Synonym: kitabu

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buku (ma class, plural mabuku)

  1. rat (big)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buku (needs class)

  1. (Tanzania, slang) one thousand shilling

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

buku

  1. a hill

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Volapük

Noun

buku

  1. predicative singular of buk

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

Pronunciation

Noun

buku

  1. bone

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris
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