buset

• busyet

Borrowed from Betawi busèt (“damn”), from Javanese ꦧꦸꦱꦺꦠ꧀ (busèt), from Old Javanese busyat, boset, buset (“a kind of monkey”). If so, false cognate of Tagalog buwisit, buset. Doublet of monyet (“monkey”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuset/ [ˈbu.sɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -uset
• Syllabification: bu‧set

buset

1. (colloquial, vulgar) used to express surprise, frustration, or disappointment; damn

• “buset”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦱꦺꦠ꧀ (busèt), from Old Javanese busyat, boset, buset (“a kind of monkey”).

buset (Jawi spelling بوسيت, plural buset-buset or buset²)

1. (Java) monkey

• "buset" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

buset

1. present of busette

buset

1. definite singular of bus

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbuset/ [ˈbuː.sɛt̪̚] (“annoying; unlucky”, adjective; noun; interjection)
    • Rhymes: -uset
  • IPA^(key): /buˈset/ [bʊˈsɛt̪̚] (“annoyed”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: bu‧set

buset (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐᜒᜆ᜔) (colloquial, chiefly text messaging, Internet slang)

1. alternative form of buwisit (“annoying; unlucky”)

busét (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐᜒᜆ᜔) (colloquial, chiefly text messaging, Internet slang)

1. alternative form of buwisit (“annoyed”)

buset (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐᜒᜆ᜔) (colloquial, chiefly text messaging, Internet slang)

1. alternative form of buwisit

buset (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐᜒᜆ᜔) (colloquial, chiefly text messaging, Internet slang)

1. alternative form of buwisit