bugenvil

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bougainville, from translingual Bougainvillea. Named after Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [buˈɡɛnvɪl]
Hyphenation: bu‧gèn‧vil
Rhymes: -vil, -il, -l

Noun

bugènvil (first-person possessive bugenvilku, second-person possessive bugenvilmu, third-person possessive bugenvilnya)

(botany) bougainvillea, shrub of the genus Bougainvillea.
Synonym: bunga kertas

Further reading

“bugenvil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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