sibuk

Malay

Adjective

sibuk (Jawi spelling سيبوق)

1. busy

   Ramzi sangat sibuk dengan hubungan bisnisnya.

   Ramzi is busy with his own dealings.

Derived terms

• bersibuk
• kesibukan
• menyibukkan

Further reading

• “sibuk” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay sibuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsi.buk]

Verb

sibuk

1. (stative) to be busy

Conjugation

Conjugation of sibuk

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosibuk	fosibuk	misibuk
2nd person		nosibuk	nisibuk
3rd person	masculine	osibuk	isibuk yosibuk (archaic)
	feminine	mosibuk
	neuter	isibuk

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh