bungkus
Indonesian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʊŋkʊs/
- Hyphenation: bung‧kus
Noun
bungkus (first-person possessive bungkusku, second-person possessive bungkusmu, third-person possessive bungkusnya)
- wrap, wrapper: paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
Classifier
bungkus
- counter for wrapped objects, pack, package, parcel
Verb
bungkus
- to wrap
- to pack (food) so it can be consumed elsewhere.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bungkus (meng-, transitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | bungkus | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | membungkus | terbungkus | dibungkus | bungkus | bungkuslah |
| Locative | membungkusi | – | dibungkusi | bungkusi | bungkusilah |
| Causative / Applicative1 | membungkuskan | – | dibungkuskan | bungkuskan | bungkuskanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
| Conjugation of bungkus (ber-, intransitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | bungkus | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | berbungkus | terbungkus | dibungkus | bungkus | bungkuslah |
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | membungkuskan | – | dibungkuskan | bungkuskan | bungkuskanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
Derived terms
- berbungkus
- bungkusan
- membungkus
- membungkusi
- membungkuskan
- pembungkus
- pembungkusan
- terbungkus
- bungkus bingkis
- bungkus gelembung
Further reading
- “bungkus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.