subuco

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 部長 (ぶちょう, buchō, “departmental chief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.bu.t͡ʃo/
• Hyphenation: su‧bu‧co

Noun

subuco (first-person possessive subucoku, second-person possessive subucomu, third-person possessive subuconya)

1. Japanese officer.
   • Setibanya di lapangan terbang Kemayoran, kami disambut subuco.
     • When [we] arrived at Kemayoran airfield, we welcomed by Japanese officer.