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buku.

book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbuku/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ku]Standard-Indonesian
  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

  2. ellipsis of buku besar (“ledger”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  3. 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.

noun/ˈbuku/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ku]Standard-Indonesian
  1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)

  2. a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)

  3. articulation: a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem

  4. node: knot, knob, protuberance or swelling

  5. node: a small mass of tissue that can be a knot, knob, or swelling

  6. knuckle

  7. 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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