búku

Lingala

Etymology

From English book.

Noun

búku class 9 (plural búku class 10, colloquial plural babúku class 2)

1. book

   Synonym: monkandá

Phalura

Etymology

Probably inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*bukka, “defective”). Cognate with Torwali [script needed] (būk, “blunt”), Dameli بوکَ (bōka, “blunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /búko/

Adjective

búku (feminine búki, Perso-Arabic spelling بُکوۡ)

1. dull

   Synonym: (Biori) móḍu

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “búku”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bukka⁴”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press