bukit

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bukit (compare Malay bukit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bukit/
• Hyphenation: bu‧kit

Noun

bukit

1. hill (elevated location)

Coordinate terms

• gunung (“mountain”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bukit, from Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukɪt̚]
• Hyphenation: bu‧kit

Noun

bukit (first-person possessive bukitku, second-person possessive bukitmu, third-person possessive bukitnya)

1. hill (elevated location)

Derived terms

• berbukit
• berbukit-bukit
• membukit
• perbukitan

 

• bukit abisal
• bukit pasir
• bukit perintang

 

Further reading

• “bukit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij (compare Hiligaynon bukid, Waray-Waray bukid, Fijian buke, Maori puke), from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /buket/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bukɪt/
• Rhymes: -uket, -ket, -et
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

bukit (Jawi spelling بوکيت‎, plural bukit-bukit, informal 1st possessive bukitku, 2nd possessive bukitmu, 3rd possessive bukitnya)

1. hill (elevated location)

Descendants

• Indonesian: bukit (“hill”)
• → Thai: ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt, “Phuket”)

Further reading

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