ᬧᬸᬯᬓ᭄

Balinese
Native scripts
Balinese script ᬧᬸᬯᬓ᭄
Romanization puak (standard), poeak (obsolete Dutch colonial spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay puak (“tribe, clan; faction”), from Thai พวก (pûuak, “group, party”), from Angkorian Old Khmer vvak, vvāk, vok, bok (“to come together; to assemble; to congregate; group; company; gathering; assemblage”) (Modern Khmer ពួក (puək)), which is from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vok (“ibid.”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʊ.ˈʌk̚]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ak

Noun

ᬧᬸᬯᬓ᭄ (puak)

  1. cluster

Derived terms
  • kapuak
  • kapuakan
  • mapuak (“clustered”)
  • puaka
  • puakan
  • puakang
  • puakanga

Further reading
  • “puak” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Indonesian island of Bali: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
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