bukun

• IPA^(key): /bukun/

bukun

1. banggai fruit dove (Ptilinopus subgularis)

• Kamus Banggai-Indonesia (Banggai-Indonesian Dictionary)

From Banggai bukun.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbukun/ [ˈbu.kʊn]
• Rhymes: -ukun
• Syllabification: bu‧kun

bukun (plural bukun-bukun)

1. banggai fruit dove (Ptilinopus subgularis)

• “bukun”, 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

• bukwi

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [pˠuɡʷunʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠikʷinʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {bikʷin}

bukun

1. grove, cluster, forest

   Bao eo eko ņan bukun wōjke ko.

   The chicken ran to the forest.

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “bukun”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[1]

• buku' (Gimbahanun)

Compare Malay bukan and Indonesian bukan.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bukun/ [bʊˈk̠un̪]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: bu‧kun

bukun (Sulat Sūg spelling بُكُنْ)

1. not

   Synonym: di'

   Marayaw tau ka siya? Bukun!

   Is he a good person? No!

   Bukun aku nagdusa kaniya.

   It was not I who wronged him.

• Negates nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and entire statements.