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buka.

open (actively conducting or prepared to conduct business)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbuka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ka]Standard-Indonesian

  1. open (actively conducting or prepared to conduct business)

    Besok tokonya akan buka.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay buka, from Proto-Malayic *buka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (“to open, uncover”). Cognates Cognate with Minangkabau buko, Iban buka, Central Bikol buka, Tagalog buka, Cebuano buka.

verb/ˈbuka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ka]Standard-Indonesian

  1. to open

    Terkadang aku membuka kulkasku untuk melihat isinya.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay buka, from Proto-Malayic *buka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (“to open, uncover”). Cognates Cognate with Minangkabau buko, Iban buka, Central Bikol buka, Tagalog buka, Cebuano buka.

verb/ˈbuka/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ka]Standard-Indonesian

  1. to break the fast; to have iftar

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

See above. Semantic loan from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “to break”).

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