pugas

From Pre-Chamorro *puɣas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

pugas

1. rice

Borrowed from Javanese pugas (“finished”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɡas/ [ˈpu.ɡas]
• Rhymes: -uɡas
• Syllabification: pu‧gas

pugas (plural pugas-pugas)

1. topping

• “pugas”, 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

Unknown, probably affixation of tugas +‎ pa-. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /pu.ɡas/
• Rhymes: -ɡas
• Hyphenation: pu‧gas

pugas

1. completed
2. finished

• → Indonesian: pugas

• “pugas”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

pugās

1. accusative plural of puga