bubuk
Pronunciation: /ˈbu.buk/
“bubuk” is an Indonesian word. Its 2 meanings in English:
noun
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bubuk, from Proto-Malayic *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice; dust produced by the boring of this insect”). * The sense of powder is a semantic loan from Javanese bubuk (“powder”).
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