buku

buku (plural not attested)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)

buku (comparative more buku, superlative most buku)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)

buku

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)

buku

1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬓᬸ

buku

1. mountain

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 131

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with Malay buku.

• IPA^(key): /buku/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ku

buku

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

• bukhu

Borrowed from English book.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓú.ku/

búku class 5 (plural mabúku class 6)

1. book

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuku/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ku
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

From Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

buku (plural buku-buku, first-person possessive bukuku, second-person possessive bukumu, third-person possessive bukunya)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

   Synonyms: kitab, pustaka

2. ellipsis of buku besar (“ledger”).

Although buku, kitab, and pustaka are translated as book, they have different sense. The word kitab is used commonly in law and religion theme. The word pustaka is used commonly in literature.

• boek (pre-1947)

• → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
• → Petjo: boekoe
• → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)

• perpustakaan

From Malay buku, from Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Doublet of wuku.

buku (plural buku-buku, first-person possessive bukuku, second-person possessive bukumu, third-person possessive bukunya)

1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
2. a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)
3. (botany) articulation

   Synonym: artikulasi

• “buku” 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.

buku

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶく

buku

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦏꦸ

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

buku

1. locative singular of buk

From Proto-South Sulawesi *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

buku (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨀᨘ)

1. (anatomy) bone

• IPA^(key): /buku/
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

• Audio (MY)

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Borrowed from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

   Synonyms: kitab, pustaka

   Buku siapakah ini?

   Whose book is this?

• Indonesian: buku

From Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh.

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)

   Synonyms: ruas, sendi

2. nodes of bamboo segments between culms
3. knot of wood
4. a small block, lump or cake of something

   Synonyms: ketul, butir

   Buku tanah ― Mud block

5. gist of a remark.

• Indonesian: buku

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, singular sebuku)

1. classifier for blocky, lumpy things or things akin to blocks

   Sebuku roti ― A loaf of bread

• Indonesian: buku

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکو boekoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکو buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 131
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 161

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

From Indonesian buku, from Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

buku

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

buku

1. strong

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ku/
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: bu‧ku

buku

1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of buk

buku

1. book

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

1. dative/locative singular of buk

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

1. accusative singular of buka

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

buku

1. dative/locative singular of buk

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ku/

From English book or Dutch boek.

buku

1. book

Possibly from Kongo buuku (“mushroom”)[1]

buku

1. fungus, mould

• Audio (Kenya)

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Borrowed from English book.

buku (ma class, plural mabuku)

1. book

   Synonym: kitabu

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

buku (ma class, plural mabuku)

1. rat (big)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

buku (needs class)

1. (Tanzania, slang) one thousand shilling

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ku/

buku

1. a hill

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

buku

1. predicative singular of buk

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

• IPA^(key): /ɓuku/

buku

1. bone

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris