bunga

Chinese

/ˈbuŋa/

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Definitions
  • flower,
  • (figurative) beauty,
  • (figurative) hero, somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
  • (economics) interest

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buŋaʔ inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa.

Origin

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

*buŋa

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