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buku
/buku/
n.
“node/joint”
 
n.      
a node or joint such as that of bamboo, sugarcane or a joint of the finger
Wrd.Gloss: node/joint
Eng. node of tree; joint of bamboo; bamboo node/joint; sugarcane node/joint; joint of finger; fingerjoint; knuckle
OCM: Ethnogeography (823), Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Parts of a plant (1.5.5), Finger, toe (2.1.3.3), Bone, joint (2.1.6)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
adj.
(bukuwen, -en) having a lot of nodes or joints
Dakel ka buku te kayu ne egtamperen ku.
The node of a tree that I'm going to cut is big.
Eng. nodes, with; jointed
OCM: Ethnogeography (823)
DDP: Parts of a plant (1.5.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,RUL,QDL,NJK,QDL
Last updated: 11/Dec/2009