buwung

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bu(b)un, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun (“well, cistern; spring”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuwuŋ/, [ˈɓu.wũŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧wung

Noun

buwung (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨓᨘ)

1. (archaic, dialectal) Dialectal form of bungung (“well”)

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI