buku.
book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
Meaning & usage
book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
ellipsis of buku besar (“ledger”)
account (a registry of pecuniary transactions)
Where this word comes from
From Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. The addition of the last syllable -u may be influenced by existing native word in Etymology 2 below.
a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)
articulation: a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem
node: knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
node: a small mass of tissue that can be a knot, knob, or swelling
knuckle
bone protrusion, bone spur
Where this word comes from
From Malay buku, from Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Semantic loan from Bilba [Term?]. Doublet of wuku.
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