buruh

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay buruh, from Old Malay vuruh (“workmen”), from, Betawi buruh (“paid man”), Old Javanese buruh (“paid man”), wuruh, uruh, wĕrĕh (“young man”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruh, *ruuh (“young girl, virgin”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈburuh/ [ˈbu.rʊh] Rhymes: -uruh Syllabification: bu‧ruh === Noun === buruh (plural buruh-buruh) laborer (US); labourer (UK); worker ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “buruh”, 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 == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Unknown, probably related to wuruh, uruh (“young man”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruh, *ruuh (“young girl, virgin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbu.ruh/ Hyphenation: buruh === Noun === buruh paid man ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Old Malay: vuruh (“workmen”) Malay: buruh Indonesian: buruh (“laborer, labourer, worker”) === References === "buruh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.