bocah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bocah borrowing Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡ʃah]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧cah

Noun

bocah (first-person possessive bocahku, second-person possessive bocahmu, third-person possessive bocahnya)

  1. child; kid

Adjective

bocah

  1. immature, childish

Derived terms
  • kebocah-bocahan
  • kebocahan
  • membocah
  • bocah angon

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

bocah

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦕꦃ (bocah), from Old Javanese boñcah.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡ʃah]

Noun

bocah (Jawi spelling بوچه, plural bocah-bocah, informal 1st possessive bocahku, 2nd possessive bocahmu, 3rd possessive bocahnya)

  1. child; kid
    Synonyms: anak, budak

References
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوچه bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 127
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎, volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 147

Further reading
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