buruh

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Etymology

From Malay buruh, from Old Malay vuruh (“workmen”), from Old Javanese buruh (“paid man”), wuruh, uruh, wĕrĕh (“young man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈburuh/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ruh

Noun

buruh (first-person possessive buruhku, second-person possessive buruhmu, third-person possessive buruhnya)

  1. laborer, labourer, worker: one who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably related to wuruh, uruh (“young man”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruh, *ruuh (“young girl, virgin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ruh/
  • Hyphenation: buruh

Noun

buruh

  1. paid man

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Old Malay: vuruh (“workmen”)
    • Malay: buruh
      • Indonesian: buruh (“laborer, labourer, worker”)

References

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