baku

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 獏 (“spirit that feeds on nightmares”). === Noun === baku (Japanese mythology, mythology) A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares. 2005, David Booth, Story Drama, 2nd edition, Pembroke Publishers, page 49, The creature explained that he was a baku. A baku eats dreams and nightmares. To a baku, a bad dream is delicious! 2008, "Baku", entry in Brenda Rosen, The Mythical Creatures Bible, Octopus Publishing Group, page 113, A person awakening from a nightmare should call three times saying, "Baku, eat my dreams." Thus summoned, the Baku will turn bad omens into good fortune by devouring evil influences. == Ambonese Malay == === Pronoun === baku one another, each other == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaku/ Rhymes: -aku Syllabification: ba‧ku === Verb === baku imperative of baki == Finnish == === Etymology === Clipping of bakteeri +‎ -u. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑku/, [ˈbɑ̝ku] Rhymes: -ɑku Syllabification(key): ba‧ku Hyphenation(key): ba‧ku === Noun === baku (slang, biology) synonym of bakteeri (“bacterium”) ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbaku/ [ˈba.ku] Rhymes: -aku Syllabification: ba‧ku Homophone: Baku === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Manado Malay baku-, from Ternate maku-. ==== Adverb ==== baku (chiefly dialectal, eastern Indonesia) mutually, reciprocally, each other, one another Synonyms: saling, satu dengan lain, satu sama lain ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain, probably via Malay. From Javanese ꦧꦏꦸ (baku, “main, essential, basic; rice-field given to a village head instead of salary”). For the sense of standard, probably from Minangkabau baku (“frozen”) (cognate with beku). Or probably from the same origin as etymology 1, from Manado Malay baku- (“each other”). ==== Adjective ==== baku (comparative lebih baku, superlative paling baku) main Synonym: utama principal Synonym: pokok ==== Noun ==== baku (plural baku-baku) core, base, fundamental Synonyms: pokok, dasar, utama susu adalah bahan baku utama keju ― milk is the main base (raw) ingredient of cheese standard Synonym: standar bahasa baku ― standard language (dialectal, Java) members of the village community who are the core population whom own agricultural land, houses and yards ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Compounds ===== === Etymology 3 === From Wolio baku (“provision”). ==== Noun ==== baku (uncountable) (dialect) assistance from family members to the bride and groom as provisions for them to enter a new household === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Tolaki [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== baku (plural baku-baku) (dialectal, cooking) a kind of food, made from dried sago, fried together with coconut === Etymology 5 === Borrowed from Banggai [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== baku (plural baku-baku) coconut sweet potato === Further reading === “baku”, 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 == Japanese == === Romanization === baku Rōmaji transcription of ばく Rōmaji transcription of バク == Javanese == === Romanization === baku romanization of ꦧꦏꦸ == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baku/ Rhymes: -aku Hyphenation: ba‧ku === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. From Javanese ꦧꦏꦸ (baku, “main, essential, basic; rice-field given to a village head instead of salary”). From Manado Malay baku- (“mutually, reciprocally, each other, one another”). Another alternative proposal is that it is borrowed from Minangkabau baku (“frozen”), compare with beku. ==== Adjective ==== baku (Jawi spelling باکو, comparative lebih baku, superlative paling baku) standard Synonyms: standard, piawai bahasa Melayu baku ― standard Malay ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== baku (Jawi spelling باکو, plural baku-baku or baku2) (informal) The artificial standardized accent of Malay where every letter is prescribed only one sound (e.g. ⟨k⟩ is only pronounced [k] and ⟨a⟩ is only pronounced [a]). Synonym: bahasa baku === Etymology 2 === ==== Adverb ==== baku (Jawi spelling باکو) (eastern Indonesia) each other, one another Synonym: saling === References === Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “baku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 71 === Further reading === "baku" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Manado Malay == === Prefix === baku alternative form of baku- (“mutually, reciprocally, each other, one another”) == Mapudungun == === Noun === baku (Raguileo spelling) paternal grandfather grandchild namesake ==== See also ==== cezki cece === References === Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008. == North Moluccan Malay == === Adverb === baku alternative form of baku- == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.ku/ Rhymes: -aku Syllabification: ba‧ku === Noun === baku m inan genitive/locative/vocative singular of bak == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === baku (Cyrillic spelling баку) accusative singular of baka == Sundanese == === Verb === baku (Sundanese script ᮘᮊᮥ) must be == Tetum == === Verb === baku to beat, to hit == West Makian == === Etymology === From Taba baku (“sago, sago palm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.ku/ === Noun === baku sago the sago palm === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics == Yilan Creole == === Etymology === From Japanese タバコ (tabako, “tobacco”). === Noun === baku tobacco === References === Chien, Yuehchen (2015), “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in Elizabeth Zeitoun, Stacy F. Teng, Joy J. Wu, editors, New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎[2] (in Yilan Creole), Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 513–532