buluh

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malagasy volo), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

Noun

buluh

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay buluh, from Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malagasy volo), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuluh/ [ˈbu.lʊh]
• Rhymes: -uluh
• Syllabification: bu‧luh

Noun

buluh (plural buluh-buluh, first-person possessive buluhku, second-person possessive buluhmu, third-person possessive buluhnya)

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)

Synonyms

• aur
• bambu

Derived terms

• berpembuluh
• buluh-buluh
• pembuluh

 

• buluh akar
• buluh apus
• buluh betung
• buluh cina
• buluh dekut
• buluh duri
• buluh gading
• buluh kuning
• buluh pelang
• buluh perindu
• buluh talang
• buluh tamiang
• buluh tutul

 

Further reading

• “buluh” 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

Alternative forms

• buloh (superseded, 1924-1972)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (vuluḥ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buluh/
• Rhymes: -uluh, -luh, -uh
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.lʊh, -loh, -lo̞h]

Noun

buluh (Jawi spelling بولوه, plural buluh-buluh, informal 1st possessive buluhku, 2nd possessive buluhmu, 3rd possessive buluhnya)

1. bamboo

   Synonyms: bambu, aur

Derived terms

• buluh akar
• buluh aloh bukit
• buluh anap
• buluh apo
• buluh balai
• buluh batu
• buluh berang
• buluh bersumpitan
• buluh beting
• buluh betong
• buluh betong Burma
• buluh brang
• buluh busi
• buluh cina
• buluh duri
• buluh engkalad
• buluh galah
• buluh giling
• buluh hantu
• buluh hitam
• buluh jalu
• buluh Jawa
• buluh kapur
• buluh kasap
• buluh lemang
• buluh madu
• buluh minyak
• buluh padi
• buluh pagar
• buluh pahit
• buluh pelang
• buluh pepanjat
• buluh perindu
• buluh pus
• buluh raga
• buluh semantan
• buluh semeliang
• buluh sewor
• buluh sikai
• buluh sumbiling
• buluh sumpitan
• buluh telor
• buluh tumpat
• buluh yakyak
• rebung buluh

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: buluh

Further reading

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