Bugis

From Malay Bugis, from Makasar ᨅᨘᨁᨗᨔᨗ (Bugisi'), probably from Proto-South Sulawesi **Bugis or Buginese ᨓᨘᨁᨗ (Wugi'), ᨕᨘᨁᨗ (Ugi'), ᨕᨚᨁᨗ (Ogi') (a self-designation). Cognate with Mandar Bugis, Toraja-Sa'dan Bugi'.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːɡɪs/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊɡɪs/

Bugis

1. A member of a people of southern Sulawesi. [from 17th c.]
2. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people. [from 19th c.]
3. A district in central Singapore, around a [[street]] of the same name.

Bugis (comparative more Bugis, superlative most Bugis)

1. Pertaining to the Bugis or their language. [from 19th c.]
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 13:

     The tattered and browned cowhide Bugis map […] has place names in Bugis script and records sea depths.

• ISO 639-3 code bug (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Bugis, bug ⁠

From Malay Bugis, from Makasar ᨅᨘᨁᨗᨔᨗ (Bugisi'), probably from Proto-South Sulawesi **Bugis or Buginese ᨓᨘᨁᨗ (Wugi'), ᨕᨘᨁᨗ (Ugi'), ᨕᨚᨁᨗ (Ogi') (a self-designation). Cognate with Mandar Bugis, Toraja-Sa'dan Bugi'.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡis/ [ˈbu.ɡɪs]
• Rhymes: -uɡis
• Syllabification: Bu‧gis

Bugis

1. a member of a people of southern Sulawesi. [from 17th c.]
2. the Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people. [from 19th c.]

• “Bugis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Cognate with Makasar Bugisi', Toraja-Sa'dan Bugi', Buginese Ugi'.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɡis]

Bugis (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨁᨗᨔᨛ)

1. relating to the Buginese ethnic group or their language.

   Paqbasa Bugismoqo lao muaq sipauo, apaq andiangpai naissang maqbasa Mandar.

   Just speak Bugis when you talk to him, because he doesn't know how to speak Mandar yet.