bauh

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbauh/ [ˈba.ʊh]
• Rhymes: -auh
• Syllabification: bauh

Noun

bauh (plural bauh-bauh)

1. (dialect Jambi Malay) split bamboo for weaving [since 2022]
2. (dialect Riau Malay) the outer part of a wooden block that is discarded when it is processed into boards [since 2024]

Further reading

• “bauh”, 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