Bugis

Pertaining to the Bugis or their language.

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to the Bugis or their language.
    • The tattered and browned cowhide Bugis map […] has place names in Bugis script and records sea depths. - 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 13:

    Synonyms: Buginese

Origin

From Malay Bugis, from Makasar ᨅᨘᨁᨗᨔᨗ (Bugisi'), probably from Proto-South Sulawesi **Bugis or Buginese ᨓᨘᨁᨗ (Wugi'), ᨕᨘᨁᨗ (Ugi'), ᨕᨚᨁᨗ (Ogi') (a self-designation). Cognate with Mandar Bugis, Toraja-Sa'dan Bugi'.

Forms

more Bugis most Bugis Bugi Buggess Buggass Bugess Bugass

Related

Wiktionary’s coverage of Buginese terms

Proper noun

  1. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
  2. A district in central Singapore, around a street of the same name.

Forms

Bugi Buggess Buggass Bugess Bugass

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of Bugi.

Forms

Bugi Buggess Buggass Bugess Bugass

Noun Entry 4

  1. A member of a people of southern Sulawesi.

    Synonyms: Bugi

Forms

Bugis Bugi Buggess Buggass Bugess Bugass