"bui" meaning in Indonesian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbui̯/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈbui̯] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: bui-bui [plural]
Rhymes: -i̯ Etymology: From Dutch boei (“buoy, shackle”), from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie (“fetter, chain, clog”), from Latin boia (“(leather) collar, band, fetter”). Etymology templates: {{bor|id|nl|boei|t=buoy, shackle}} Dutch boei (“buoy, shackle”), {{der|id|dum|boeye}} Middle Dutch boeye, {{der|id|fro|boie||fetter, chain, clog}} Old French boie (“fetter, chain, clog”), {{der|id|la|boia||(leather) collar, band, fetter}} Latin boia (“(leather) collar, band, fetter”) Head templates: {{id-noun}} bui (plural bui-bui)
  1. buoy Synonyms: pelampung
    Sense id: en-bui-id-noun-cgTDXSgK
  2. (colloquial) prison Tags: colloquial Synonyms: penjara
    Sense id: en-bui-id-noun-TVkbdrcX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbui̯/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈbui̯] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: bui-bui [plural]
Rhymes: -i̯ Etymology: Borrowed from Kaera [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor+|id|jka}} Borrowed from Kaera [Term?] Head templates: {{id-noun}} bui (plural bui-bui)
  1. (music) a small, long drum, made from a wooden stick with deer skin attached to the end, played in the lego-lego dance.
    Sense id: en-bui-id-noun-I2XVXx2O Categories (other): Music, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Indonesian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 5 2 6 8 2 53 6 1 2 1 1 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 4 5 1 68 4 1 1 1 1 5 4 Disambiguation of Indonesian entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 80 7 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈbui̯/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈbui̯] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: bui-bui [plural]
Rhymes: -i̯ Etymology: Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Kalimantan). Etymology templates: {{bor+|id|ms}} Borrowed from Malay [Term?] Head templates: {{id-noun}} bui (plural bui-bui)
  1. gecko dropping (feces)
    Sense id: en-bui-id-noun-0dU0HBz4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Indonesian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.