bujur

Banjarese

Adjective

bujur

1. straight (not bent)
2. correct

Adverb

bujur

1. very

Further reading

• Abdul Djebar Hapip (1977), Kamus Bahasa Banjar [Banjarese Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbud͡ʒur/ [ˈbu.d͡ʒʊr]
• Rhymes: -ud͡ʒur
• Syllabification: bu‧jur

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bujur. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bujur (plural bujur-bujur)

1. length
2. longitude; meridian

   Synonym: meridian

   Pulau Breueh terletak di 95 derajat bujur timur

   Breueh Island is located 95 degrees on the eastern meridian

Hyponyms

• bujur ekliptika
• bujur sangkar
• bujur sirih
• bujur standar
• bujur telur
• bujur timur

Derived terms

• dibujurkan
• membujur
• membujurkan
• sebujur
• terbujur

Etymology 2

Adjective

bujur (comparative lebih bujur, superlative paling bujur)

1. alternative form of mujur

Further reading

• “bujur”, 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

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbud͡ʒo(r)/ [ˈbu.d͡ʒo(r)]
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒo(r), -o(r)

• (Literary Standard, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈbud͡ʒur/ [ˈbu.d͡ʒur]
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒur, -ur
• Hyphenation: bu‧jur

Adjective

bujur (Jawi spelling بوجور, comparative lebih bujur, superlative paling bujur)

1. oval; elliptic (having the shape of an elongated circle or an egg).

   Synonym: lonjong

   Bola ragbi berbentuk bujur. ― A rugby ball is oval shaped.

2. longitudinal; lengthwise (extending along the long axis).

   Antonym: lintang

   Mayat itu diletakkan membujur di tengah rumah. ― The body [corpse] was placed lengthwise in the middle of the house.

Noun

bujur (Jawi spelling بوجور, plural bujur-bujur or bujur²)

1. (geography) longitude (imaginary lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole).

   Garisan bujur utama ialah Garisan Meridian Greenwich. ― The prime longitude line is the Greenwich Meridian.

Derived terms

Affixations

• membujur (“to stretch lengthwise; to lie prone”)
• membujurkan (“to lay something lengthwise”)
• sebujur (“one (classifier for oval/long objects)”)
• terbujur (“stretched out stiffly; lying prone”)

Compounds

• bujur sirih (“oval (like a betel leaf)”)
• bujur telur (“oval (egg-shaped)”)
• garisan bujur (“longitude”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: bujur (inherited)

Further reading

• "bujur" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	imbit, bujur
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	birit
cohag	{{{co}}}

Noun

bujur (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮏᮥᮛ᮪)

1. buttocks; ass

Further reading

• "BOEDJOER", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij