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

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
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