Buginese

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adjective

Of or relating to the Bugi people.

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Meanings

adjectiveBuginese (comparative more Buginese, superlative most Buginese)

comparative more Buginese · superlative most Buginese

  1. Of or relating to the Bugi people.

    Buginese epic poem. Relating the elopement of a Bugi of the Island of Sambawa with the King's daughter, with their tragic death.

    1898, James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford, Bibliotheca Lindesiana, page 39
proper noun
  1. A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bugis

Translations

Catalan bugui
  • buguilanguage
Irish Buiginis
  • Buiginislanguage
Malay Bahasa Bugis
  • Bahasa Bugislanguage
Polish bugijski
  • bugijskilanguage
Portuguese buguinês
  • buguinêslanguage
Russian буги́йский
  • буги́йский (bugíjskij)language
Swedish buginesiska
  • buginesiskalanguage
Cite this entry
APA

Buginese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buginese

MLA

“Buginese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buginese. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buginese,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buginese.

Source: Buginese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.