bakau

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw. Cognate with Tagalog bakawan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.kau̯/
Rhymes: -akau̯, -kau̯, -au̯
Rhymes: -au̯

Noun

bakau (Jawi spelling باکاو, plural bakau-bakau, informal 1st possessive bakauku, 2nd possessive bakaumu, 3rd possessive bakaunya)

mangrove

Descendants

Indonesian: bakau

See also

tengar

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.