buntu

See also: 'buntu and *buntu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuntu/ [ˈbun̪.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -untu
• Syllabification: bun‧tu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay buntu, from Javanese ꦧꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (buntu), from Old Javanese wuntu (“full, blocked, clogged; filling completely”).

Verb

buntu

1. to be closed
2. to be clogged

Adjective

buntu (comparative lebih buntu, superlative paling buntu)

1. blocked, clogged
2. deadlocked

Noun

buntu (plural buntu-buntu)

1. deadlock

Derived terms

• buntuan
• dibuntukan
• kebuntuan
• membuntukan
• pembuntuan

• buntu modal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Totoli [Term?]

Noun

buntu (plural buntu-buntu)

1. first step (of ladder) [since 2024]

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Bekati' [Term?]

Noun

buntu (plural buntu-buntu)

1. intranatal (intrapartum) death [since 2024]

Further reading

• “buntu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

buntu

1. romanization of ꦧꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbun.tu/
• Rhymes: -untu
• Syllabification: bun‧tu

Noun

buntu m inan

1. genitive singular of bunt