busur

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: bu‧sur

From Malay busur, from Proto-Malayic *busur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *busuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *busuʀ.

busur (plural busur-busur)

1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)
2. arc, arch
   1. (geometry) arc: continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.

      Synonym: lengkok (Standard Malay)

   2. (architecture) arch an architectural element having the shape of an arch; an arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

      Synonym: gerbang (Standard Malay)

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busur (plural busur-busur)

1. ownership right to coffee plantation land.

• “busur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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busur

Wikipedia ^ms

From Proto-Malayic *busur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *busuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *busuʀ.

• IPA^(key): /busur/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -sur, -ur

busur (Jawi spelling بوسور, plural busur-busur, informal 1st possessive busurku, 2nd possessive busurmu, 3rd possessive busurnya)

1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

• Indonesian: busur

• panah (“arrow”)

• “busur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

busur f

1. (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of busu