bungkus

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bungkus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊŋkʊs/
• Hyphenation: bung‧kus

Noun

bungkus (plural bungkus-bungkus)

1. wrap, wrapper: paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it

Classifier

bungkus

1. counter for wrapped objects, pack, package, parcel

Verb

bungkus

1. to wrap
2. to pack (food) so it can be consumed elsewhere
3. (colloquial, broadcasting) to cancel (of a television programme)
   • 2020-12-03, Video by YT Corner, youtube.com:

     Malam Malam di NET TV Bungkus ?! Beneran apa Settingan ?

     Malam Malam on NET TV is to be canceled?! Is it real or staged?

Conjugation

Conjugation of bungkus (meng-, transitive)

root	bungkus
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	membungkus	terbungkus	dibungkus	bungkus	bungkuslah
accusative / dative / locative	membungkusi		dibungkusi	bungkusi	bungkusilah
perfective causative / applicative2	membungkuskan		dibungkuskan	bungkuskan	bungkuskanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

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.

Conjugation of bungkus (ber-, intransitive)

root	bungkus
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	berbungkus	terbungkus	dibungkus	bungkus	bungkuslah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	membungkuskan		dibungkuskan	bungkuskan	bungkuskanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

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

• berbungkus
• bungkusan
• membungkus
• membungkusi
• membungkuskan
• pembungkus
• pembungkusan
• terbungkus

• bungkus bingkis
• bungkus gelembung

Further reading

• “bungkus”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkus.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbuŋkos/ [ˈbuŋ.kos]
  • Rhymes: -kos, -os

• (Literary Standard, /a/-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbuŋkus/ [ˈbuŋ.kus]
  • Rhymes: -kus, -us
• Hyphenation: bung‧kus

Noun

bungkus (Jawi spelling بوڠکوس, plural bungkus-bungkus or bungkus²)

1. wrap, wrapper: paper or sheeting wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.

Classifier

bungkus (Jawi spelling بوڠکوس, singular sebungkus)

1. counter for wrapped or packaged objects

   sebungkus burger ― a (wrapped) burger

Verb

bungkus (Jawi spelling بوڠکوس, active membungkus, third-person passive dibungkus)

1. to wrap

   Synonym: balut

2. to take away, to pack food so it can be consumed elsewhere, to tapao

   Synonym: tapau

3. (informal, Malay Peninsula) to nab, to apprehend

   Synonyms: tahan, berkas

4. (informal, Malay Peninsula) to seize (of property, by the police)

   Synonym: sita

5. (colloquial, Riau) to cancel (of a program etc.)

   Synonym: batal

Derived terms

Affixations

• berbungkus
• bungkusan
• bungkuskan
• dibungkus
• dibungkuskan
• membungkus
• membungkuskan
• pembungkus
• pembungkusan
• terbungkus

• nasi bungkus (“packed rice meal”)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “بڠکس boengkoes”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 54
• Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “بڠکس bungkus”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., page 103
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bungkus”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 167

Further reading

• "bungkus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "bungkus" at PRPM first version)