bausuku
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦧꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏꦸ (bausuku, “village worker”, literally “many foot, many leg”). Reanalysed as bahu (“many”) + suku (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bau̯ˈsu.ku]
- Hyphenation: bau‧su‧ku
Noun
bausuku (first-person possessive bausukuku, second-person possessive bausukumu, third-person possessive bausukunya)
- (dialect, Java) forced labour.
- Synonyms: pekerja rodi, pekerja wajib, tenaga
Further reading
- “bausuku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.