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

• “bocah” 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.

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^[1], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 127
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bochah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[2], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 147

Further reading

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