bukit

From Proto-Malayic *bukit (compare Malay bukit).

• IPA^(key): /bukit/
• Hyphenation: bu‧kit

bukit

1. hill (elevated location)

• gunung (“mountain”)

From Malay bukit, from Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukɪt̚]

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• Hyphenation: bu‧kit

bukit (first-person possessive bukitku, second-person possessive bukitmu, third-person possessive bukitnya)

1. hill (elevated location)

• “bukit” 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.

From Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij (compare Hiligaynon bukid, Waray-Waray bukid, Fijian buke, Maori puke), from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /buket/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bukɪt/
• Rhymes: -uket, -ket, -et
• Rhymes: -it

bukit (Jawi spelling بوکيت, plural bukit-bukau, informal 1st possessive bukitku, 2nd possessive bukitmu, 3rd possessive bukitnya)

1. hill (elevated location)

• Indonesian: bukit (“hill”)
• → Thai: ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt, “Phuket”)

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکت boekit”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکت bukit”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 130
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bukit”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 160-1

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