ᬧᬸᬯᬓ᭄

Balinese

Native scripts
Balinese script	ᬧᬸᬯᬓ᭄
Romanization	puak (standard), poeak (obsolete Dutch colonial spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay puak (“tribe, clan; faction”), from Thai พวก (pûuak, “group, party”), from Angkorian Old Khmer vvak, vvāk, vok, bok (“to come together; to assemble; to congregate; group; company; gathering; assemblage”) (Modern Khmer ពួក (puək)), which is from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vok (“ibid.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʊ.ˈʌk̚]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ak

Noun

ᬧᬸᬯᬓ᭄ (puak)

1. cluster

Derived terms

• kapuak
• kapuakan
• mapuak (“clustered”)
• puaka
• puakan
• puakang
• puakanga

 

Further reading

• “puak” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].