Buginese

American  

[buhg-uh-neez, -nees] / ˌbʌg əˈniz, -ˈnis /

noun

plural

Buginese

1. a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.

2. the Austronesian language spoken by these people.

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Etymology

Origin of Buginese

< Dutch Boeginees (with -nees on the model of Balinees, Javanees, etc.) < Malay Bugis, probably originally the Makassarese name of this ethnic group

Example Sentences

In Makasar, spotted deer tethered to trees keep the grass cut short beside the boulevards; while, on the waterfront, Buginese sailmakers squat on the docks sewing large squares of canvas together.

From Time Magazine Archive

Retroglancing, Indo Jiwa looms strategically in the back bay between two reefs, imitating a pirate ship circa 1946; it is a traditional Buginese pinisi, zenith of the southern Sulawesi shipwrights--also infamous pirates.

From Time Magazine Archive

The coast-villages are inhabited by a mixed Malay population, Buginese, Macassars, Balinese and other races of the archipelago.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

The Macassar language, which belongs to the Malayo-Javanese group, is spoken in many parts of the southern peninsula; but it has a much smaller area than the Buginese, which is the language of Boni.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Continuing our journey, we successfully engineered a rapid where a Buginese trader two weeks previously had lost his life while trying to pass in a prahu which was upset.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl