abuk

See also: Abuk

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay habuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abuk/
• Hyphenation: a‧buk

Noun

abuk

1. dust (fine, dry particles)

Iban

Etymology

Cognate with Malay habuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abuk/
• Rhymes: -abuk
• Hyphenation: a‧buk

Noun

abuk

1. dust (fine, dry particles)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabuk/ [ˈa.bʊk̚]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abuk
• Syllabification: a‧buk

Noun

abuk

1. dust, powder

   Synonym: serbuk

2. (dialectal) hair, body hair

   Synonyms: rambut, bulu

3. synonym of dodongkal (“a cake made with palm flour”)

Further reading

• “abuk”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

abuk

1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦸꦏ꧀

Lun Bawang

Noun

abuk

1. drunkenness

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈabok/ [ˈa.boʔ]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -aboʔ, -boʔ, -oʔ
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈabuk/ [ˈa.buʔ]
  • Rhymes: -abuʔ, -buʔ, -uʔ
• Hyphenation: a‧buk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦔꦧꦸꦏ꧀ (ngabuk). From Old Javanese aṅabuk.

Verb

abuk (Jawi spelling ابوق)

1. Imperative or first-person and second-person passive of mengabuk.

Etymology 2

Spelling pronunciation of habuk.

Noun

abuk (Jawi spelling ابوق, plural abuk-abuk or abuk²)

1. nonstandard form of habuk

Further reading

• "abuk" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017