pucuk

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pucuk, from Classical Malay pucuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qəpucuk (“peak of a mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃuk/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃuk
• Syllabification: pu‧cuk

Noun

pucuk (plural pucuk-pucuk)

1. shoot: the emerging embryonic leaves of a new plant
2. sharp-pointed tip (tree, wave etc)
   1. top branchlet
3. something highest

   tanah pucuk ― topsoil

4. (figurative) helm (of leadership or organization)

   Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

Affixations

• berpucuk

Classifier

pucuk

1. classifier for needle, sharp-pointed objects, firearms and letters

Further reading

• “pucuk”, 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

Javanese

Noun

pucuk

1. tip, point, peak

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qəpucuk (“peak of a mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃok/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃoʔ, -oʔ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃuk/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃuʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃuʔ, -uʔ
• Hyphenation: pu‧cuk

Noun

pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, plural pucuk-pucuk or pucuk²)

1. shoot; spear; ratoon
2. top branchlet
3. (figurative) helm (of leadership)

   Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

Affixations

• berpucuk

Descendants

• > Indonesian: pucuk (inherited)

Classifier

pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, singular sepucuk)

1. Classifier for letters and guns.

   sepucuk surat ― a letter

   sepucuk pistol ― a gun

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ڤوچق poetjoek”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ڤوچق puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 478
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507

Further reading

• “pucuk”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk.

Noun

pucuk

1. tip, point, peak