kukus

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See also: Kukuś

English

Noun

kukus

  1. plural of kuku

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay kukus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukus, from Proto-Austronesian *kukus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkukʊs/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧kus

Noun

kukus (first-person possessive kukusku, second-person possessive kukusmu, third-person possessive kukusnya)

  1. steam
    Synonym: uap

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Javanese kukus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukus, from Proto-Austronesian *kukus.

Noun

kukus (krama ngoko kukus)

  1. smoke
    Synonyms: asep, kebul
  2. steam
    Synonym: uwab
  3. water vapor
    Synonym: uwab

References

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “kukus”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • "kukus" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukus, from Proto-Austronesian *kukus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kukus (Jawi spelling کوکوس)

  1. steamed
    nasi kukus
    steamed rice

Verb

kukus

  1. steam

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kukus
  • →? Macanese: cucús

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