buku

See also: buků

English

Noun

buku (plural not attested)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)

Adverb

buku (comparative more buku, superlative most buku)

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)

Determiner

buku

1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)

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Balinese

Romanization

buku

1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬓᬸ

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Blagar

Noun

buku

1. mountain

References

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 131

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with Malay buku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buku/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ku

Noun

buku

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

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Chichewa

Alternative forms

• bukhu

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓú.ku/

Noun

búku class 5 (plural mabúku class 6)

1. book

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ku/

Noun

buku (plural, first-person possessive bukuku, second-person possessive bukumu, third-person possessive bukunya)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

   Buku itu milik saya. ― The book is mine.

   Saya menulis buku itu. ― I wrote that book.

   Synonyms: kitab, pustaka

Compounds

• buku harian
• buku pelajaran

 

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
• → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)

See also

• perpustakaan

Further reading

• “buku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

buku

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶく

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

Noun

buku

1. locative singular of buk

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Malay

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buku/
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

Noun

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو‎, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, impolite 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

Synonyms

• kitab
• pustaka

Descendants

• → Indonesian: buku
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
  • → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buku/
• Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u

Noun

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو‎, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, impolite 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)

1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
2. a small block of something

Classifier

buku (singular sebuku)

1. classifier for block, lumpy or something like block.

Synonyms

• (joint): ruas, sendi

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Nalca

Etymology

From Indonesian buku, from Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

buku

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

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Oroqen

Adjective

buku

1. strong

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ku/

Noun

buku

1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of buk

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Rawa

Noun

buku

1. book

References

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

1. dative/locative singular of buk

Noun

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)

1. accusative singular of buka

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuku]

Noun

buku

1. dative/locative singular of buk

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Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ku/

Etymology 1

From English book.

Noun

buku

1. book

Etymology 2

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

Noun

buku

1. fungus, mould

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Volapük

Noun

buku

1. predicative singular of buk