Buginese

[ buhg-uh-neez, -nees ]

noun

, plural Bug·i·nese

1. a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
2. the Austronesian language spoken by these people.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Buginese¹

< 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 2009, they commissioned shipbuilders in Tanah Beru, South Sulawesi, the birthplace of the Buginese schooner, and in under a year the Pearl of Papua was launched.

From Time

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg