abuk
See also: Abuk
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abuk/
- Hyphenation: a‧buk
Noun
abuk
- dust (fine, dry particles)
Iban
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abuk/
- Rhymes: -abuk
- Hyphenation: a‧buk
Noun
abuk
- dust (fine, dry particles)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈabuk/ [ˈa.bʊk̚]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -abuk
- Syllabification: a‧buk
Noun
abuk
- dust, powder
- Synonym: serbuk
- (dialectal) hair, body hair
- synonym of dodongkal (“a cake made with palm flour”)
Javanese
Romanization
abuk
- romanization of ꦲꦧꦸꦏ꧀
Lun Bawang
Noun
abuk
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abuk/
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [a.boʔ]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- (Baku) IPA(key): [a.bʊʔ]
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [a.boʔ]
- Rhymes: -buk, -uk
- Hyphenation: a‧buk
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese.
Verb
abuk (Jawi spelling ابوق)
- Imperative or first-person and second-person passive of mengabuk.
Etymology 2
Spelling pronunciation of habuk.
Noun
abuk (Jawi spelling ابوق, plural abuk-abuk)
- nonstandard form of habuk
Further reading
- “abuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.