# buku
## English
### Noun

buku (plural not attested)
* Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)

### Adverb

buku (comparative more buku, superlative most buku)
* Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of)

### Determiner

buku
* Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many)

## Balinese
### Romanization

buku
* Romanization of ᬩᬸᬓᬸ

## Blagar
### Noun

buku
* mountain

### References

* Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 131

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with Malay buku.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buku/
* Hyphenation: bu‧ku

### Noun

buku
* book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

## Chichewa
### Alternative forms

* bukhu

### Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɓú.ku/

### Noun

búku class 5 (plural mabúku class 6)
* book

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbuku/ [ˈbu.ku]
* Rhymes: -uku
* Syllabification: bu‧ku

### Etymology 1

From Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

#### Noun

buku (plural buku-buku)
* book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
    Synonyms: kitab, pustaka
* ellipsis of buku besar (“ledger”).

##### Alternative forms

* boek (1901–1947)
* boekoe (1901–1947)

##### Usage notes

Although buku, kitab, and pustaka all translate as book, the latter two have more specialized usages. The word kitab is used commonly for books relating to religion and law. The word pustaka is used commonly in literature.

##### Derived terms

* berbuku-buku
* dibukukan
* membukukan
* pembukuan
* perbukuan
* buku acara
* buku acuan
* buku agenda
* buku agenda perjanjian internasional
* buku ajar
* buku akseptasi
* buku alamat
* buku audio
* buku babon
* buku bacaan
* buku balok
* buku bantal
* buku barang
* buku barang hilang
* buku berjendela
* buku berjenjang
* buku berjilid
* buku berpetak
* buku bersuara
* buku besar
* buku biru
* buku catatan
* buku cek
* buku cerita
* buku cetak
* buku dagang
* buku data hijau
* buku diragukan
* buku ekspedisi
* buku eksposisi
* buku elektronik
* buku gambar
* buku harian
* buku hema
* buku hibah
* buku hilang
* buku hitam
* buku ilmiah
* buku ilmiah populer
* buku induk
* buku informasi layanan
* buku inventaris
* buku Ishihara
* buku jenaka
* buku kanak-kanak
* buku kapal perikanan
* buku kas
* buku kir
* buku klapper
* buku komik
* buku komunikasi
* buku kosong
* buku kuning
* buku laris
* buku lipat
* buku log
* buku manual
* buku masak
* buku mewarnai
* buku muatan
* buku nikah
* buku nilai
* buku nomor pemegang rekening
* buku paket
* buku panduan
* buku pas
* buku pedoman
* buku pegangan
* buku pelaut
* buku pencocokan
* buku petunjuk
* buku picisan
* buku pintar
* buku prangko
* buku putih
* buku ramah cerna
* buku rapi
* buku rapor
* buku referensi
* buku rekor
* buku resep
* buku resepsi
* buku ruang penitipan
* buku rujukan
* buku saku
* buku saldo harian
* buku sandi
* buku sebaran
* buku seri
* buku servis
* buku sibuk
* buku sijil
* buku sila
* buku silsilah
* buku simpanan
* buku spesimen tanda tangan
* buku suci
* buku surat pengantar
* buku tabungan
* buku tafsir mimpi
* buku tahunan
* buku takbir mimpi
* buku tamu
* buku tanah
* buku tanah elektronik
* buku tandon
* buku teks
* buku telepon
* buku teles
* buku tempahan
* buku tiga dimensi
* buku tulis
* buku tulis halus
* buku umum
* gelang buku
* hapus buku
* kapasitor buku
* kata buku
* kertas buku
* kertas sampul buku
* markah buku
* naik nilai buku
* nilai buku
* rugi buku
* sekat buku
* toko buku
* turun nilai buku

##### Descendants

* → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
* → Petjo: boekoe
* → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)

#### See also

* perpustakaan

### Etymology 2

From Malay buku, from Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Semantic loan from Bilba [Term?]. Doublet of wuku.

#### Noun

buku (plural buku-buku)
* a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
* a small block or segment of something (of bamboos or similar structures)
* (botany) articulation: a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.
    Synonyms: artikulasi, nodus, ruas
* node:
    Synonyms: nodus, ruas
** knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
** (anatomy) a small mass of tissue that can be a knot, knob, or swelling.
* (anatomy) ellipsis of buku tangan (“knuckle”).
    Synonym: ruas sendi
* (Rote Bilba dialect) bone protrusion, bone spur

##### Alternative forms

* boekoe (1901–1947)

##### Derived terms

* berbuku
* dibuku
* membuku
* perbukuan
* terbuku
* buku apan
* buku batang
* buku benang
* buku berjendela tiga
* buku dalam hati
* buku ekajendela
* buku hema
* buku jari
* buku kaki
* buku lali
* buku limfa
* buku Ranvier
* buku tangan
* buku trioventrikular
* gelang buku
* sekat buku

### Further reading

* “buku” 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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

buku
* Rōmaji transcription of ぶく

## Javanese
### Romanization

buku
* Romanization of ꦧꦸꦏꦸ

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbuku]

### Noun

buku
* locative singular of buk

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbuku]

### Noun

buku (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨀᨘ)
* (anatomy) bone

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buku/
* Rhymes: -uku, -ku, -u
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

#### Noun

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)
* book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
    Synonyms: kitab, pustaka
    Buku siapakah ini?Whose book is this?

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: buku

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayic *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh.

#### Noun

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, plural buku-buku, informal 1st possessive bukuku, 2nd possessive bukumu, 3rd possessive bukunya)
* a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
    Synonyms: ruas, sendi
* nodes of bamboo segments between culms
* knot of wood
* a small block, lump or cake of something
    Synonyms: ketul, butir
    Buku tanah ― Mud block
* gist of a remark.

##### Derived terms

* berbuku
* buku benang
* buku jari
* buku kaki
* buku lali
* buku lima
* terbuku

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: buku

#### Classifier

buku (Jawi spelling بوکو, singular sebuku)
* classifier for blocky, lumpy things or things akin to blocks
    Sebuku roti ― A loaf of bread

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: buku

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بوکو boekoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بوکو buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 131
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “buku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 161

### Further reading

* “buku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Nalca
### Etymology

From Indonesian buku, from Malay buku, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

### Noun

buku
* book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

## Oroqen
### Adjective

buku
* strong

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ku/
* Rhymes: -uku
* Syllabification: bu‧ku

### Noun

buku
* genitive/locative/vocative singular of buk

## Rawa
### Noun

buku
* book

### References

* Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)
* dative/locative singular of buk

### Noun

buku (Cyrillic spelling буку)
* accusative singular of buka

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbuku]

### Noun

buku
* dative/locative singular of buk

## Sranan Tongo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ku/

### Etymology 1

From English book or Dutch boek.

#### Noun

buku
* book

### Etymology 2

Possibly from Kongo buuku (“mushroom”)

#### Noun

buku
* fungus, mould

### References

* ↑ G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎, →ISSN, page 54

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* (Unguja standard) IPA: /ˈɓu.ku/
* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English book.

#### Noun

buku class V (plural mabuku class VI)
* book
    Synonym: kitabu

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

buku class V (plural mabuku class VI)
* rat (big)

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

buku class ? (plural [please provide])
* (Tanzania, slang) one thousand shilling

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ku/

### Noun

buku
* a hill

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Volapük
### Noun

buku
* predicative singular of buk

## Wolio
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɓuku/

### Noun

buku
* bone

### References

* Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris