# bungkus
## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʊŋkʊs/
* Hyphenation: bung‧kus

### Noun

bungkus (uncountable)
* wrap, wrapper: paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it

### Classifier

bungkus
* counter for wrapped objects, pack, package, parcel

### Verb

bungkus
* to wrap
* to pack (food) so it can be consumed elsewhere
* (colloquial, media) to cancel (a program)
** 2020-12-03, Video by YT Corner, youtube.com:
    Malam Malam di NET TV Bungkus ?! Beneran apa Settingan ?Malam Malam on NET TV is to be canceled?! Is it real or staged?

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

### Derived terms

* berbungkus
* bungkusan
* membungkus
* membungkusi
* membungkuskan
* pembungkus
* pembungkusan
* terbungkus
* bungkus bingkis
* bungkus gelembung

### Further reading

* “bungkus” 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.

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Noun

bungkus (Jawi spelling بوڠکوس, plural bungkus-bungkus, informal 1st possessive bungkusku, 2nd possessive bungkusmu, 3rd possessive bungkusnya)
* wrap, wrapper: paper or sheeting wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.

### Classifier

bungkus (singular sebungkus)
* counter for wrapped or packaged objects
    sebungkus burger: a (wrapped) burger

### Verb

bungkus (Jawi spelling بوڠکوس)
* to wrap
    Synonym: balut
* to take away, to pack food so it can be consumed elsewhere, to tapao
    Synonym: tapau
* (informal, Malay Peninsular) to nab, to apprehend
    Synonyms: tahan, berkas
* (informal, Malay Peninsular) to seize (of property, by the police)
    Synonym: sita
* (colloquial, Riau) to cancel (of a program etc.)
    Synonym: batal

### Derived terms

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* berbungkus
Regular affixed derivations:
* bungkusan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* pembungkus [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* membungkus [agent focus] (meN-)
* pembungkusan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* terbungkus

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بڠکس boengkoes”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 54
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بڠکس bungkus”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 103
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bungkus”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 167

### Further reading

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