pucuk
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay pucuk, from Classical Malay pucuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk (“peak of a mountain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pucuk (plural pucuk-pucuk)
- shoot: the emerging embryonic leaves of a new plant
- sharp-pointed tip (tree, wave etc)
- something highest
- tanah pucuk ― topsoil
- (figurative) helm (of leadership or organization)
- Synonym: tampuk
Derived terms
[edit]Affixed terms and other derivations
Classifier
[edit]pucuk
- Classifier for needle, sharp-pointed objects, firearms and letters.
Further reading
[edit]- “pucuk” 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.
Javanese
[edit]Noun
[edit]pucuk
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (“sprouting tip of a plant”), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk (“peak of a mountain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, plural pucuk-pucuk, informal 1st possessive pucukku, 2nd possessive pucukmu, 3rd possessive pucuknya)
Derived terms
[edit]Affixed terms and other derivations
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: pucuk
Classifier
[edit]pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, singular sepucuk)
- Classifier for letters and guns.
- sepucuk surat ― a letter
- sepucuk pistol ― a gun
References
[edit]- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤوچق poetjoek”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 65
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤوچق puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 478
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “puchok”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507
Further reading
[edit]- “pucuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk.
Noun
[edit]pucuk
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- Rhymes:Malay/t͡ʃuk
- Rhymes:Malay/uk
- Rhymes:Malay/t͡ʃok
- Rhymes:Malay/ok
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