buat
English
Alternative forms
- bowat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːət/
Noun
buat (plural buats)
- (Scotland) A lantern.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 270129598:
- he muttered a Gaelic curse upon the unseasonable splendour of Mac-Farlane' s buat
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- (Scotland) The moon.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for buat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Batu, Taub, Tuba, abut, batu, buta, tabu, tuba
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- boeat (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
Etymology
From Malay buat, from Classical Malay [script needed] (buat), from Old Malay vuat, from Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbuat̚]
- Hyphenation: bu‧at
Verb
buat
- to make, to do
Usage notes
This root usually has the meaning "to make", except in the stative and causative derivatives berbuat and perbuat, which has the meaning "to do". Otherwise, the meaning "to do" is supplied by laku. Similar phenomenon also occurred in the active form meninggal where it has the meaning "to die" instead of "to live" or "to be left", as other forms of the root tinggal do.
Synonyms
- bikin (nonstandard Indonesian)
Derived terms
- berbuat
- buatan
- buat-buatan
- dibuat
- dibuat-buat
- dibuatkan
- diperbuat
- membuat
- membuat-buat
- membuatkan
- memperbuat
- pembuat
- pembuatan
- perbuatan
- teperbuat
- terbuat
- buat cendol
- buat gawe
Preposition
buat
- for
Conjunction
buat
- in order to, in order that
References
- “buat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
- boat (1701 by Thomas Bowrey)
Etymology
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buat/
- Rhymes: -uat, -wat, -at
Audio (MY) (file)
Verb
buat (used in the form membuat, and berbuat)
- to do (perform, execute)
Synonyms
- (Singapore) bikin
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- pembuat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- buatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- buat-buat [reduplication] (redup)
- perbuat [causative passive] (peR-)
- buatkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- buati [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
- membuat [agent focus] (meN-)
- dibuat [patient focus] (di-)
- terbuat [agentless action] (teR-)
- berbuat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: buat
Further reading
- “buat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tenggarong Kutai Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
Verb
buat
- to insert
Tetum
Noun
buat
- thing
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
Verb
buat (active mambuat)
- to take
References
- Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 38.