gebuk

Dibabawon Manobo

Adjective

gebuk

1. rotten

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Betawi [Term?] or Javanese gebuk, kebuk (“to slap, to beat with the flat of the hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbuk/ [ɡəˈbʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: ge‧buk

Verb

gebuk (active menggebuk, passive digebuk, imperative gebuk, emphatic-jussive gebuklah)

1. to slap, to beat with the flat of the hand

Synonyms

• pukul

Derived terms

• gebuk-gebukan
• gebukan
• menggebuk
• menggebuki
• penggebuk

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbuk/ [ɡəˈbʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: ge‧buk

Noun

gebuk (plural gebuk-gebuk)

1. (dialect Riau Malay) a small, round, closed container made of ceramic or glass for storing spices [since 2024]
2. (dialect Tamiang Malay) a place to store water used for bathing under water, made of clay or wood [since 2025]

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Madurese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbuk/ [ɡəˈbʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: ge‧buk

Noun

gebuk (plural gebuk-gebuk)

1. (cooking) a typical Madurese snack made from sticky rice flour, rice flour and grated young coconut, then filled with granulated sugar or brown sugar, wrapped in banana leaves, then steamed [since 2024]

Further reading

• “gebuk”, 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