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pucuk

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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pucuk (plural pucuk-pucuk)

  1. shoot: the emerging embryonic leaves of a new plant
  2. sharp-pointed tip (tree, wave etc)
    1. top branchlet
  3. something highest
    tanah pucuktopsoil
  4. (figurative) helm (of leadership or organization)
    Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

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Classifier

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pucuk

  1. Classifier for needle, sharp-pointed objects, firearms and letters.

Further reading

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Javanese

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Noun

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pucuk

  1. tip, point, peak

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pucuk (sprouting tip of a plant), or alternatively from Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk (peak of a mountain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, plural pucuk-pucuk, informal 1st possessive pucukku, 2nd possessive pucukmu, 3rd possessive pucuknya)

  1. shoot; spear; ratoon
  2. top branchlet
  3. (figurative) helm (of leadership)
    Synonym: tampuk

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: pucuk

Classifier

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pucuk (Jawi spelling ڤوچوق, singular sepucuk)

  1. Classifier for letters and guns.
    sepucuk surata letter
    sepucuk pistola gun

References

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  • 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

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *qapucuk.

Noun

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pucuk

  1. tip, point, peak