biku

biku

1. banana

From Malay biku from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”).

• IPA^(key): /bi.ku/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ku

biku

1. (Buddhism, informal) Synonym of biksu

• (formal) biksu

• “biku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

biku

1. Rōmaji transcription of びく

From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”) likely via Thai, from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biksu.

biku (Jawi spelling بيکو, plural biku-biku, informal 1st possessive bikuku, 2nd possessive bikumu, 3rd possessive bikunya)

1. (Buddhism) monk

   Synonym: biksu

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 34-5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيکو biku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “biku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 139

• “biku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

biku

1. Alternative spelling of wiku (“holy man, sage; priest; monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit”)

biku (Cyrillic spelling бику)

1. dative/locative singular of bik