rukuʼ

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *(d)uku(t), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zukut (“grass”).Compare Sundanese ᮏᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪ (jukut), Karo Batak dukut, Old Javanese dukut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrukuʔ/, [ˈru.kʰuʔ]}
• Hyphenation: ru‧kuʼ

Noun

rukuʼ (Lontara spelling ᨑᨘᨀᨘ)

1. grass, weed

Affixations

• rukuʼ-rukuʼ

Compounds

• rukuʼ bego
• rukuʼ bulo-bulo
• rukuʼ lapaʼ-lapaʼ
• rukuʼ rambo-rambo
• rukuʼ sanigi

Further reading

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