buat.
to make, create
Meaning & usage
to make, create
Saya sedang membuat ikan goreng.
Kesalahan itu sengaja dibuat olehnya.
to make, cause
Kuenya kemanisan, buat saya pusing.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay buat, from Classical Malay بوات (buat), from Old Malay [script needed] (vuat), from Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
so that, in order to, in order that
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay buat, from Classical Malay بوات (buat), from Old Malay [script needed] (vuat), from Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
for
Dia udah beli hape baru buat adek kita.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay buat, from Classical Malay بوات (buat), from Old Malay [script needed] (vuat), from Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
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