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buluh.

bamboo (plant)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbuluh/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.lʊh]Standard-Indonesian

  1. bamboo (plant)

  2. bamboo (wood)

  3. culm (the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge)

Where this word comes from

From Malay buluh, from Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malagasy volo), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

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