buai

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqay, a variant of *bui (“to swing”). Cognate with Binukid buay (“to swing back and forth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buai̯/
  • Rhymes: -uai̯, -ai̯

Verb

buai (Jawi spelling بواي‎)

  1. to swing
  2. to sway

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • buaian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • buaikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • membuai [agent focus] (meN-)
  • membuaikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • dibuai [patient focus] (di-)
  • terbuai [agentless action] (teR-)
  • terbuai-buai [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
  • berbuai [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • berbuai-buai [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: buai

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Tolai (or a closely related language, like Label) buai.

Noun

buai

  1. areca; betel nut
    Noken kaikai buai long smolhaus. Buai pekpek stap tumas doti.
    No chewing betelnut in the restroom. The spit from betelnut is very dirty.

See also

References
  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
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