bakau

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay bakau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbakau̯/ [ˈba.kau̯] Rhymes: -akau̯ Syllabification: ba‧kau === Noun === bakau (plural bakau-bakau) mangrove (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water) Synonym: mangrove ==== Hyponyms ==== === Further reading === “bakau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakehaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Malay == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw. Cognate with Tagalog bakawan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.kau̯/ Rhymes: -akau̯, -kau̯, -au̯ Rhymes: -au̯ === Noun === bakau (Jawi spelling باکاو, plural bakau-bakau or bakau2) mangrove ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: bakau ==== See also ==== tengar === Further reading === "bakau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017