budaya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay budaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈdaja/, [bʊˈd̪a.jʌ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧da‧ya

Noun

budaya

1. (obsolete) culture

   Synonym: kultura

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay budaya, from Sanskrit बुद्धयः (buddhayaḥ), plural of बुद्धि (buddhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.da.ja/
• Hyphenation: bu‧da‧ya

Noun

budaya (first-person possessive budayaku, second-person possessive budayamu, third-person possessive budayanya)

1. intellectual capacity (the faculty of reasoning and understanding)

   Synonym: akal budi

2. culture (the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation)

   Synonym: adat istiadat

3. (colloquial) tendency, habit, norm (a pervasively engrained practice, especially one that is hard to give up)

   Synonyms: kelaziman, kebiasaan

Alternative forms

• boedaja (obsolete, pre-1947)
• budaja (obsolete, 1947-1972)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• kebudayaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• sebudaya [comparability] (se-)
• berbudaya [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• membudaya [agent focus] (meN-)
• membudayakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dibudayakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terbudayakan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
• terbudaya [agentless action] (teR-)
• pembudaya [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pembudayaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

See also

• budi daya (“cultivation”)

 

Further reading

• “budaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

budaya

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦢꦪ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit बुद्धयः (buddhayaḥ), plural of बुद्धि (buddhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.da.ja/
• Hyphenation: bu‧da‧ya
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

budaya (Jawi spelling بودايا, plural budaya-budaya, informal 1st possessive budayaku, 2nd possessive budayamu, 3rd possessive budayanya)

1. intellectual capacity (the faculty of reasoning and understanding)

   Synonym: akal budi

2. culture (the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation)

   Synonym: adat istiadat

3. (colloquial) tendency, habit, norm (a pervasively engrained practice, especially one that is hard to give up)

   Synonyms: kelaziman, kebiasaan

Further reading

• “budaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.