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:(file)
  • 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)

Javanese

Romanization

abuk

  1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦸꦏ꧀

Lun Bawang

Noun

abuk

  1. drunkenness

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese.

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)

  1. nonstandard form of habuk

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