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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay pucuk, from Classical Malay pucuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk (“peak of a mountain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pucuk (plural pucuk-pucuk)
- shoot: the emerging embryonic leaves of a new plant
- sharp-pointed tip (tree, wave etc)
- top branchlet
- (figurative) helm (of leadership or organization)
- Synonym: tampuk
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Classifier
pucuk
- Classifier for needle, sharp-pointed objects, firearms and letters.
Further reading
Javanese
Noun
pucuk
- tip, point, peak
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk (“peak of a mountain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, plural pucuk-pucuk, informal 1st possessive pucukku, 2nd possessive pucukmu, 3rd possessive pucuknya)
- shoot; spear; ratoon
- top branchlet
- (figurative) helm (of leadership)
- Synonym: tampuk
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Descendants
Classifier
pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, singular sepucuk)
- Classifier for letters and guns.
- sepucuk surat ― a letter
- sepucuk pistol ― a gun
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤوچق poetjoek”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤوچق puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 478
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk.
Noun
pucuk
- tip, point, peak