baku

See also: Baku, Bakú, Bakü, and bąku

Ambonese Malay

Pronoun

baku

  1. one another, each other

Esperanto

Verb

baku

  1. imperative of baki

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaku]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ku

Etymology 1

Most likely from Malay [Term?], reconstructed as ber- (to have; to engage in reciprocal situation) + aku (I, my, me). Doublet of beraku.

Noun

baku (first-person possessive bakuku, second-person possessive bakumu, third-person possessive bakunya)

  1. core, base, fundamental
    Synonyms: pokok, dasar, utama
  2. standard
    Synonym: standar
    Bahasa baku.Standard language.
  3. (dialect, Java) members of the village community who are the core population whom own agricultural land, houses and yards.
Derived terms
  • dibakukan
  • kebakuan
  • membakukan
  • pembakuan
Descendants
  • Malay: baku (standard)

Adverb

baku

  1. mutually, reciprocally, each other, one another
    Synonyms: satu sama lain, saling, bersama

Etymology 2

From Wolio baku (provision).

Noun

baku (first-person possessive bakuku, second-person possessive bakumu, third-person possessive bakunya)

  1. (dialect) assistance from family members to the bride and groom as provisions for them to enter a new household.

Etymology 3

From Tolaki [Term?].

Noun

baku (first-person possessive bakuku, second-person possessive bakumu, third-person possessive bakunya)

  1. (dialect, cooking) a kind of food, made from dried sago, fried together with coconut.

Further reading


Japanese

Romanization

baku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばく
  2. Rōmaji transcription of バク

Javanese

Romanization

baku

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦏꦸ.

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese baku (ꦧꦏꦸ, main, essential, basic; rice-field given to a village head instead of salary), most likely from Malay [Term?] (reconstructed as ber- (to have) + aku (first personal pronoun), hence doublet of beraku).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baku/
  • Rhymes: -aku, -ku, -u

Adjective

baku (Jawi spelling باکو)

  1. standard
    Bahasa Melayu bakuStandard Malay
    Synonyms: standard, piawai

Derived terms

  • bahasa baku
  • bakukan
  • dibakukan
  • kebakuan
  • membakukan
  • pembaku
  • pembakuan
  • sebutan baku
  • terbaku

Further reading


Manado Malay

Prefix

baku

  1. alternative form of baku- (mutually, reciprocally, each other, one another)

Mapudungun

Noun

baku (Raguileo spelling)

  1. paternal grandfather
  2. grandchild
  3. namesake

See also

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ku/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aku
  • Syllabification: ba‧ku

Noun

baku m inan

  1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of bak

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

baku (Cyrillic spelling баку)

  1. accusative singular of baka

Sundanese

Romanization

baku

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮊᮥ.

Tetum

Verb

baku

  1. to beat, to hit

West Makian

Etymology

From East Makian baku (sago, sago palm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ku/

Noun

baku

  1. sago
  2. the sago palm

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
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