busur

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbusur/ [ˈbu.sʊr]
• Rhymes: -usur
• Syllabification: bu‧sur

From Malay busur, from Proto-Malayic *busur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *busuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *busuʀ.

busur (plural busur-busur)

1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)
2. arc, arch
   1. (geometry) arc: continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve

      Synonym: lengkok (Standard Malay)

   2. (architecture) arch an architectural element having the shape of an arch; an arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward

      Synonym: gerbang (Standard Malay)

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

busur (plural busur-busur)

1. ownership right to coffee plantation land

• “busur”, 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
• Yuswardi Saliya; Sugeng Rahardjo; Bambang Panudju; Ismet Darwis; Sri Probo Sudarmo; George The (1978), Daftar Istilah Arsitektur [Glossary of Architecture] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *busur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *busuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *busuʀ.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbuso(r)/ [ˈbu.so(r)]
  • Rhymes: -uso(r), -so(r), -o(r)

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈbusur/ [ˈbu.sur]
  • Rhymes: -usur, -sur, -ur
• Hyphenation: bu‧sur

busur (Jawi spelling بوسور, plural busur-busur)

1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

• > Indonesian: busur (inherited)

• panah (“arrow”)

• “busur”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

busur f

1. (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of busu