buruh

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay buruh, from Old Malay vuruh (“workmen”), from Old Javanese buruh (“paid man”), wuruh, uruh, wĕrĕh (“young man”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈburuh/, [ˈbu.rʊh]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ruh

Noun

buruh (first-person possessive buruhku, second-person possessive buruhmu, third-person possessive buruhnya)

  1. laborer, labourer, worker: one who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.

Hyponyms
  • buruh anak
  • buruh harian
  • buruh kasar
  • buruh lepas
  • buruh marginal
  • buruh migran
  • buruh musiman
  • buruh pabrik
  • buruh tambang
  • buruh tani
  • buruh terampil
  • buruh terlatih

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Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably related to wuruh, uruh (“young man”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruh, *ruuh (“young girl, virgin”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ruh/
  • Hyphenation: buruh

Noun

buruh

  1. paid man

Derived terms
  • buruhan
  • praṅ buruh

Descendants
  • → Old Malay: vuruh (“workmen”)
    • Malay: buruh
      • Indonesian: buruh (“laborer, labourer, worker”)

References
  • "buruh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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