Bugis, n. (and a.)
(ˈbuːgɪs)
Pl. Bugis. Also Bugi (ˈbuːgɪ), pl. Bugi.
[a. Mal. Bugis (see Buggess); the Buginese self-designation is Bugi'.]
a. (A member of) a people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes). b. The Austronesian language of this people. c. attrib. or as adj.
| 1808, etc. [see Macassar 2]. 1898 Conrad Tales of Unrest 9 He had led his people—a scratch lot of wandering Bugis—to the conquest of the bay. Ibid. 15 The son of a woman who had..ruled a small Bugis state. 1909 Webster, Bugi. 1921 J. Russell Where Pavement Ends 236 For every light there hung a Bugis from the iron framework by the long hair of his head. 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. xi. 423 About eight geographical groups [of Indonesian] can be distinguished, each with a..number of dialects. A few of these are:..(2) in the Celebes group, Bugi, Makassar. 1948 [see Buginese]. 1961 P. Kemp Alms for Oblivion xi. 164 In addition to Sasaks and Balinese there is..an Arab colony, and a few villages of Bugi traders. 1972 M. Sheppard Taman Indera 15 The influence of Bugis warrior princes..strengthened cultural ties with the area which we now call Indonesia. |