bunga batu

Makasar

Etymology

From bunga (“flower”) +‎ batu (“stone”).

Noun

bunga batu (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨂ ᨅᨈᨘ or 𑻤𑻴𑻢𑻤𑻦𑻴, definite bunga batua)

  1. a type of seaweed or sea plant; marine sponge

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN