bujuk

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbud͡ʒuʔ/ [ˈbu.d͡ʒʊʔ]
• Rhymes: -ud͡ʒuʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧juk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bujuk

1. persuasion (an argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs)

   Synonym: bujukan

2. persuasion (one's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings)

Verb

bujuk (active membujuk, passive dibujuk)

1. (transitive) to persuade

Conjugation

Conjugation of bujuk (meng-, transitive)

root	bujuk
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	membujuk	terbujuk	dibujuk	bujuk	bujuklah
accusative / dative / locative	membujuki	terbujuki	dibujuki	bujuki	bujukilah
perfective causative / applicative2	membujukkan	terbujukkan	dibujukkan	bujukkan	bujukkanlah
	causative
nominative	memperbujuk	teperbujuk	diperbujuk	perbujuk	perbujuklah
accusative / dative / locative	memperbujuki	teperbujuki	diperbujuki	perbujuki	perbujukilah
perfective causative / applicative2	memperbujukkan	teperbujukkan	diperbujukkan	perbujukkan	perbujukkanlah

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• bujukan
• bujuki
• pembujuk
• pembujukan
• terbujuk

Compound terms

• bujuk rayu

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bujuk

1. (uncommon) forest snakehead (a species of snakehead)

   Coordinate term: gabus

Derived terms

Proverbs with the word bujuk

• seperti bujuk lepas dari bubu

Further reading

• “bujuk”, 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
• “membujuk”, 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