buat

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === boeat (1901–1947) === Etymology === Inherited from Malay buat, from Classical Malay بوات (buat), from Old Malay [script needed] (vuat), from Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbuat/ [ˈbu.at̪̚] Rhymes: -at Syllabification: bu‧at === Verb === buat (active membuat, passive dibuat) (transitive) to make, create Synonym: (informal) bikin (transitive) to make, cause Synonym: (informal) bikin ==== Usage notes ==== This root usually has the meaning "to make", except in the stative and causative derivatives berbuat and perbuat, which has the meaning "to do". Otherwise, the meaning "to do" is supplied by laku. Similar phenomenon also occurred in the meng- form meninggal where it has the meaning "to die" instead of "to live" or "to be left", as other forms of the root tinggal do. ==== Derived terms ==== === Preposition === buat (colloquial) for Synonym: untuk === Conjunction === buat (colloquial) so that, in order to, in order that Synonyms: agar, biar, supaya === References === “buat”, 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 == Malay == === Alternative forms === boat (1701 by Thomas Bowrey) boeat (Van Ophuijsen) buwat (Wilkinson) === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (vuat) in inflected form marvuat (current spelling berbuat). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buat/ Rhymes: -uat, -wat, -at === Verb === buat (used in the form membuat, and berbuat) to make; to create Dia buat kuih untuk ibunya. ― She made cakes for her mother. to do (perform, execute, carry out) Apa yang kamu sedang buat? ― What are you doing? to act as; to pretend. Dia buat tidak tahu sahaja. ― He pretended not to know. to build; to construct. Mereka sedang buat rumah baharu. ― They are building a new house. ==== Synonyms ==== (Singapore) bikin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: buat === Further reading === "buat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Scots == === Alternative forms === bowat === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuːət/ === Noun === buat (plural buats) A lantern. The moon. === References === “buat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Simalungun Batak == === Noun === buat use === References === Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 2. == Tenggarong Kutai Malay == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. === Verb === buat to insert == Tetum == === Noun === buat thing == Toba Batak == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. === Verb === buat (active mambuat) to take === References === Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 38.