bakul

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bakul.

Noun

bakul

1. basket (container)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bakul (“basket”), from Proto-Malayic *bakul, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakul (“woven bamboo basket”).

Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦏꦸꦭ꧀ (bakul, “petty trader”), from Old Javanese bakul, most likely related to above.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbakul/ [ˈba.kʊl]
• Rhymes: -akul
• Syllabification: ba‧kul

Noun

bakul

1. basket (container)
2. (dialectal, Java) petty trader

Derived terms

• berbakul-bakul

Compounds

• bakul bermain
• bakul tangkai

Further reading

• “bakul”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

bakul

1. romanization of ꦧꦏꦸꦭ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bakul, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakul (“woven bamboo basket”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bakol/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bakʊl/
• Rhymes: -akol, -kol, -ol

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ul

Noun

bakul (Jawi spelling باکول, plural bakul-bakul or bakul²)

1. basket (container)

Descendants

• Indonesian: bakul

Further reading

• "bakul" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakul (“woven bamboo basket”). Doublet of wakul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.kul/
• Rhymes: -kul
• Hyphenation: ba‧kul

Root

bakul

1. sell

Derived terms

• abakul
• bakulan

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦧꦏꦸꦭ꧀ (bakul) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: bakul (“petty trader”) (semantic loan)

Further reading

• "bakul" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.