bukit

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Brunei Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bukit

  1. hill (elevated location)

Coordinate terms[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. hill (elevated location)

Derived terms[edit]

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Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. hill (elevated location)

Descendants[edit]

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

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