buka

Javanese [Term?]

buka (plural bukas)

1. (music) The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.

• boka

buka (plural bukas)

1. A kangaroo-skin cloak traditionally worn by the Noongar people of southwestern Australia.

• buka puasa

Borrowed from Yoruba búkà or Hausa búkkàa.

• bukka

buka (plural bukas)

1. (Nigeria) an inexpensive, quick, road-side restaurant serving Nigerian food

• Baku

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka.

• IPA^(key): /buˈka/, [buˈka]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ka

buká (plural buruka, Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜃ)

1. open

   Synonyms: bukas, abri

   Antonyms: serado, pinto

2. turned on; powered up

   Antonyms: parong, palsok

buká (plural buruka, Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜃ)

1. to open

   Synonyms: bukas, abri

   Antonyms: sera, pinto

2. to turn on; to power up

   Antonyms: parong, palsok

buka

1. book

From buka (a wooden hammer).

buka

1. to beat, to strike

   Bukaði hann meg við vongknúgvum bæði til høvur og føtur

• bukari

• banka
• berja
• klappa
• knúlva
• sláa

buka

1. fire

From Proto-Malayic *buka (compare Malay buka), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (compare Tagalog buka).

• IPA^(key): /buka/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ka
• Rhymes: -uka

buka

1. to open (to make something accessible)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ka/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ka
• Rhymes: -ka, -a

Inherited from Malay buka, from Proto-Malayic *buka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (“to open, uncover”).

buka

1. open (actively conducting or prepared to conduct business)

   Besok tokonya akan buka.

   Tomorrow the shop will open.

buka (active membuka, passive dibuka, involuntary/perfective passive terbuka)

1. to open

   Terkadang aku membuka kulkasku untuk melihat isinya.

   Sometimes I open my refrigerator to see what's inside.

See above. Semantic loan from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “to break”).

buka (active berbuka)

1. (intransitive, Islam) to break the fast; to have iftar.

• “buka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• “membuka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• “berbuka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

buka

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶか

buka

1. to break

buka

1. to break

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuka]

buka

1. genitive singular of buk
2. nominative dual of buk
3. accusative dual of buk

buka

1. book

   Buka ye itula hahulu. ― This book is boring.

• R. M. Mukuni, Silozi-English Phrase Book (1991)

From Proto-Malayic *buka (compare Indonesian buka), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (compare Tagalog buka).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bukə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /buka/
• Rhymes: -ukə, -kə, -ə

buka (used in the form membuka)

1. to open (to make something accessible)
2. to turn on; to switch on

   Tolong buka kipas dan lampu.

   Please switch on the fan and lights.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ka/

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• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: bu‧ka

buka

1. genitive singular of buk

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buka.

• IPA^(key): /bûka/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ka

bȕka f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ка)

1. noise (various sounds, usually unwanted)

• bȕk
• bȕčan

buka (Cyrillic spelling бука)

1. genitive singular of buk

• “buka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuka]

buka

1. genitive singular of buk

Borrowed from English book.

buka class 9/10 (plural dibuka)

1. book

-búka

1. to look at, to watch

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka. Compare Bikol Central buka, Cebuano buka, and Malay buka.

• IPA^(key): /buˈka/, [bʊˈxa]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ka

buká (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃ)

1. open; unfolded; stretched out (as of flowers, mouths, wings, etc.)

   Synonyms: bukad, bukas, nganga, awang

buká (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃ)

1. condition of being unfolded (as of flowers, mouths, wings, etc.)
2. act of unfolding (as of flowers, mouths, wings, etc.)

• “buka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Malay buka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.ka]

buka

1. (intransitive) to open

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Borrowed from English book.

buka class 5 (plural mabuka class 6)

1. book

buka

1. genitive singular of buk

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-bûka

1. (transitive) to admire

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• بُكَ

From Hausa bukkā̀ (“hut”), from Songhay language, ultimately from Mandingo bùgú.

• IPA^(key): /bú.kà/

búkà

1. A fast food restaurant or shop
2. A type of pepper stew made in búkà restaurants

   Synonym: ọbẹ̀ búkà

• oníbúkà (“owner of a fast food restaurant”)

• → English: buka
• → Nigerian Pidgin: buka

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-bûka

1. (transitive) to look at, to watch
2. (transitive) to admire

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓuka”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓuka (3.9)”