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)

1. 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.