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buku

Pronunciation: /ˈbuku/

“buku” is a Malay word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a lumpy joint (of fingers or similar structures)
  2. nodes of bamboo segments between culms
  3. knot of wood
  4. a small block, lump or cake of something
  5. gist of a remark.
  6. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

classifier

  1. classifier for blocky, lumpy things or things akin to blocks

Etymology

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

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