bunga

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Noun

bunga

1. fruit

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buŋaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (compare Malay bunga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ŋa/

Noun

bunga

1. flower
2. interest (finance)

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧nga

Noun

bunga

1. (botany) a fruit
2. (by extension) a nut
3. a yield; a product; the quantity of something produced
4. an end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result
5. an offspring
6. the areca palm (Areca catechu); a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa
7. the areca nut

Synonyms

• (fruit): prutas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bunga.

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

bunga

1. fruit

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuŋka/
• Rhymes: -uŋka

Noun

bunga f (genitive singular bungu, nominative plural bungur)

1. bulge, protuberance, elevation

Declension

declension of bunga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bunga	bungan	bungur	bungurnar
accusative	bungu	bunguna	bungur	bungurnar
dative	bungu	bungunni	bungum	bungunum
genitive	bungu	bungunnar	bunga	bunganna

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buŋaʔ (compare Malay bunga), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (compare Ilocano bunga (“fruit”), Tagalog bunga (“fruit”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuŋa/
• Hyphenation: bu‧nga

Noun

bunga (first-person possessive bungaku, second-person possessive bungamu, third-person possessive bunganya)

1. (botany) flower

   Synonyms: kembang, puspa

2. (economics, finance) interest

   Synonyms: renten, riba

Further reading

• “bunga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

bunga

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶんが

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

bunga

1. fruit

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Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

bunga

1. fruit

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Malay

FWOTD – 1 August 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buŋaʔ (compare Indonesian bunga), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (compare Ilocano bunga (“fruit”), Tagalog bunga (“fruit”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buŋə/
• IPA^(key): /buŋa/
• Rhymes: -uŋə, -ŋə, -ə

Noun

bunga (Jawi spelling بوڠا, plural bunga-bunga, informal 1st possessive bungaku, 2nd possessive bungamu, 3rd possessive bunganya)

1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)
2. (finance) interest
   • 2002, Takiah Mohd Iskandar & Norida Basnan, Perakaunan Kewangan: Prinsip dan Amalan di Malaysia, Vol. 1, Cerdik Publications, page 174.

     Sekiranya nota janji yang dikeluarkan menjadi matang dalam tempoh perakaunan berikutnya jumlah bunga daripada tarikh nota dikeluarkan hingga tarikh penyata kewangan perlu diakrukan.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (compare Indonesian bunga, Ilocano bunga and Malay bunga)

Noun

bunga

1. (botany) fruit
2. The areca palm (Areca catechu)
3. The areca nut.
4. The result of a process

   Synonym: produkto

   Antonym: sanhi