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busa
a word from vocabulary
Indonesian
by
Uri Tadmor
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Word form
busa
LWT meaning(s)
the foam
Word meaning
foam
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Early Malay [27] (500–1700)
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
4. very little evidence for borrowing
Comments
The word busa does not occur in Classical Malay literature; only buih occurs. However, it appears in Wilkinson’s and Dewan dictionaries without an indication that it is dialectal or borrowed. .
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