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bunga

Pronunciation: /ˈbuŋa/

“bunga” is an Indonesian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil
  2. a plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood
  3. something that is particularly good or pleasing
  4. someone who is beautiful
  5. flowery pattern or design
  6. interest: the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed
  7. hero, somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bunga, from Classical Malay bunga, from Proto-Malayic *buŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa. Cognate of Ilocano bunga (“fruit”), Tagalog bunga (“fruit”).

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