baruk

baruk

Sarawak Malay

Alternative forms

  • bok (syncopated)

Etymology

From Malay baru, a variant of baharu, from Proto-Malayic *bAharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ɣuʔ/
  • (syncopated) IPA(key): /boʔ/

Adverb

baruk

  1. just now (moments ago, recently)
    Synonyms: tadik, tek
    Aku baruk jak makan tek.
    I just ate.
  2. only after; only then; not ... until
    Nya kunci semua pintu rumah baruk dapat tidor.
    He/she could sleep only after locking all the house doors.
  3. used to emphasise a statement
    Ya baruk betol.
    That's right (at last).

Yogad

Noun

barúk

  1. (anatomy) bladder
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