wuku

See also: Wuku

Balinese

Romanization

wuku

1. Romanization of ᬯᬸᬓᬸ

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦸꦏꦸ (wuku) and Balinese ᬯᬸᬓᬸ (wuku), from Old Javanese wuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Doublet of buku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.ku/
• Rhymes: -ku, -u
• Hyphenation: wu‧ku

Noun

wuku (plural wuku-wuku, first-person possessive wukuku, second-person possessive wukumu, third-person possessive wukunya)

1. (Java, Bali) week in traditional calendar.
2. (Java) cotton seed.

Further reading

• “wuku” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

wuku

1. Romanization of ꦮꦸꦏꦸ

Lindu

Noun

wuku

1. energy; power

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh.

Noun

wuku

1. section (of bamboo, etc), between the joints
2. grain, seed
3. week: a period of seven days

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦸꦏꦸ (wuku)
  • → Indonesian: wuku
• → Balinese: ᬯᬸᬓᬸ (wuku)
  • → Indonesian: wuku

Warluwara

Noun

wuku

1. water

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN, edited by Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch