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bunga.

flower:

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbuŋa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ŋa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. flower: a reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil

  2. flower: a plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood

  3. beauty: something that is particularly good or pleasing

    figuratively
  4. beauty: someone who is beautiful

    figuratively
  5. flowery pattern or design

    figuratively
    bunga berita
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay bunga, from Classical Malay bunga, from Proto-Malayic *buŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa. Cognate of Ilocano bunga (“fruit”), Tagalog bunga (“fruit”).

noun/ˈbuŋa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ŋa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. hero, somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Semantic loan from Chinese 英 (“brave, hero; outstanding person”, literally “flower”) for hero sense, by analogy of outstanding, fine, and excellent nature of hero with the sense of "beauty" in Chinese and Indonesian.

noun/ˈbuŋa/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbu.ŋa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. interest: the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed

Where this word comes from

Unknown * Semantic loan from English interest, by analogy with bank interest growing over time like flowers, as well as wordplay referring to the sense of "attention" in English and the sense of "beauty, looking good" in Indonesian. Compare to Thai ดอกเบี้ย (dɔ̀ɔk-bîia, “interest”, literally “flower money”). * Semantic loan from Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “interest”, literally “childbirth, parturition; offspring”).

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