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bonyok

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Adjective

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bonyok

  1. (of food) soft, mushy and rotten
  2. (of people) black and blue

Etymology 2

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Blend of bokap +‎ nyokap.

Noun

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bonyok

  1. (colloquial, originally Prokem slang) parent [from 1980s]
    Synonyms: ortu, orang tua

Further reading

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  • Prathama Rahardja, Henri Chambert-Loir (1990) “bonyok”, in Kamus bahasa Prokem [Prokem dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pustaka Utama Grafiti, page 48