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Webster 1913 Edition


Buat


Bu′at

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Noun.
[Scot., of uncertain origin.]
A lantern; also, the moon.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


buat

buat

English

Alternative forms

Noun

buat (plural buats)

  1. (Scotland) A lantern.
  2. (Scotland) The moon.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)


Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.

Alternative forms

  • boat (1701 by Thomas Bowrey)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buat/
  • Rhymes: -uat, -wat, -at

Verb

buat (used in the form membuat, and berbuat)

  1. to do (perform, execute)