batuk

See also: batúk

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay batuk, from Proto-Malayic *batuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbatuʔ/ [ˈba.t̪ʊʔ]
  • Rhymes: -atuʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧tuk

Noun

batuk

  1. cough

Verb

batuk

  1. to cough
    Bapak batuk parah.Father coughs severely.

Derived terms

  • batuk-batuk (to cough repeatedly)
  • (uncommon) berbatuk (to make coughy sound)
  • membatukkan (to cough (up), to cause to caugh)
  • terbatuk-batuk (to cough repeatedly (on accident))

References

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Noun

batuk

  1. a cough

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbatuk/ [ˈba.t̪uʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tuk

Verb

batuk

  1. to cough

Derived terms

  • batuk-batuk
  • terbatuk-batuk

Descendants

  • Indonesian: batuk

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*batuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • batuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.