bausuku

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏꦸ (bausuku, village worker, literally many foot, many leg). Reanalysed as bahu (many) + suku (foot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bau̯ˈsu.ku]
  • Hyphenation: bau‧su‧ku

Noun

bausuku (first-person possessive bausukuku, second-person possessive bausukumu, third-person possessive bausukunya)

  1. (dialect, Java) forced labour.
    Synonyms: pekerja rodi, pekerja wajib, tenaga

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