bokurai

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay bokurai (Riau dialect), from bo- (ber-) + kurai ("veins, streaks, or stripes in wood or marble"). The literal meaning is "marbled" or "streaked". === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /boˈkurai̯/ [boˈku.rai̯] Rhymes: -urai̯ Syllabification: bo‧ku‧rai === Noun === bokurai (plural bokurai-bokurai) crepuscular rays : a streak of light that seems to radiate from the sun shortly before or after sunset when sunlight shines through a break in the clouds or a notch in the horizon line and illuminates atmospheric haze or dust particles a pattern of thin, regular lines on the surface of an object === Further reading === “bokurai”, 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