buntut

From Proto-Malayic *buntut (“butt, posterior, end”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut (“rear end of a chicken”). The "tail" sense might be a semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦠ꧀ (buntut, “tail”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /buntut/
• Rhymes: -ut
• Hyphenation: bun‧tut

buntut

1. last (coming after all others of its kind)

   Synonyms: ujung, buncit, pengabisan

2. latest (most recent)

   Synonyms: ahir, belakangan

buntut

1. tail (of an animal)
2. aftermath (of an event)
3. snack to accompany a drink

   Synonyms: temen, timpalan

4. (gambling) last digit(s) in the winning number(s) of an official lottery
5. (gambling) ellipsis of judi buntut (“numbers game; illegal lottery in which people guess the last digits of official lottery winning numbers”)
   • 1969, Ilin Sumantri, “Buntut Nalo [Na[tional] Lo[ttery] Numbers Game]”, in Sabeni Djago Tanah Abang [Sabeni the Tanah Abang Hero], performed by Lilis Suryani, Jakarta: Diastar, track A6:

     Garè-garè buntut Nalo / Barang abis dilégo

     Just for the Nalo numbers game / All our stuff are sold

• bontot (“lastborn”)

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “buntut”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN

From Malay buntut, from Proto-Malayic *buntut (“butt, posterior, end”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut (“rear end of a chicken”). Cognate with Javanese buntut (“tail”) and Tagalog buntot (“tail; butt”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuntut/ [ˈbun̪.t̪ʊt̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -untut
• Syllabification: bun‧tut

buntut (plural buntut-buntut)

1. tail (of an animal)

   Synonym: ekor

2. result, consequence

   Synonyms: akibat, kesudahan

   • 1945, Tan Malaka, Politik:

     Hak lahir dan hak batin itu memang tak terlihat pada buntutnya kemerdekaan, yakni bentuk suatu Negara Merdeka.

     Birth rights and spiritual rights are indeed not visible as a result of independence, that is in the form of an independent state.

3. (gambling) last digit(s) in the winning number(s) of an official lottery

   Synonym: ekor

4. (gambling) ellipsis of judi buntut (“numbers game; illegal lottery in which people guess the last digits of official lottery winning numbers”)

   Synonym: togel

• “buntut” 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.

From Old Javanese buntut.

buntut

1. tail (of an animal)

From Proto-Malayic *buntut (“butt, posterior, end”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut (“rear end of a chicken”). Cognate with Javanese buntut (“tail”) and Tagalog buntot (“tail; butt”).

• IPA^(key): /buntut/
• Rhymes: -untut, -tut, -ut

buntut (Jawi spelling بونتوت, plural buntut-buntut)

1. butt, rear end, derrière

   Synonym: punggung

2. tail

   Synonym: ekor

3. effect, result, consequence

   Synonyms: akibat, kesan, efek

4. the external bottom of a pan or a wok

   Synonym: bawah

• “buntut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *buntut

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut.

buntut

1. tail (of an animal)

buntut (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪)

1. tail (of an animal)

buntút

1. stink