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

Further reading

• “bausuku” 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.