bubat

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦧꦠ꧀ (bubat, “horsetail”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbubat/ [ˈbu.bat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ubat
• Syllabification: bu‧bat

Noun

bubat (plural bubat-bubat)

1. horsetail: the tail of a horse

Further reading

• “bubat”, 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

bubat

1. romanization of ꦧꦸꦧꦠ꧀