bausuku
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Javanese ꦧꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏꦸ (bausuku, “village worker”, literally “many foot, many leg”). Reanalysed as bahu (“many”) + suku (“foot”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [bau̯ˈsu.ku]
Hyphenation: bau‧su‧ku
=== Noun ===
bausuku (plural bausuku-bausuku)
(dialect, Java) forced labour
Synonyms: pekerja rodi, pekerja wajib, tenaga
=== Further reading ===
“bausuku”, 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