bakul

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bakul.

Noun

bakul

1. basket (container)

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Malay bakul (“basket”), from Proto-Malayic *bakul, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakul (“woven bamboo basket”).
• Semantic loan from Javanese bakul (ꦧꦏꦸꦭ꧀, “petty trader”), from Old Javanese *bakul, most likely related to above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.kʊl]
• Hyphenation: ba‧kul

Noun

bakul (first-person possessive bakulku, second-person possessive bakulmu, third-person possessive bakulnya)

1. basket (container)
2. (dialect, Java) petty trader.

Derived terms

• bakul bermain
• bakul tangkai

 

Further reading

• “bakul” 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

Etymology

From Old Javanese *bakul. Doublet of wakul.

Noun

bakul or ꦧꦏꦸꦭ꧀ (bakul)

1. market seller.
2. trader in agricultural products.
3. synonym of wakul (ꦮꦏꦸꦭ꧀, “basket”).

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bakul (“petty trader”) (semantic loan)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bakul.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bakol/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bakʊl/
• Rhymes: -akol, -kol, -ol

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• Rhymes: -ul

Noun

bakul (Jawi spelling باکول, plural bakul-bakul, informal 1st possessive bakulku, 2nd possessive bakulmu, 3rd possessive bakulnya)

1. basket (container)

Descendants

• Indonesian: bakul

Further reading

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