Bugis is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bugis meaning
- A member of a people of southern Sulawesi.
- The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
- A district in central Singapore, around a street of the same name.
Using Bugis
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of a people of southern Sulawesi. | The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people. | A district in central Singapore, around a street of the same name.
Context around Bugis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bugis
- In this selection, "bugis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, near, minangkabau, modern, street, descent and society stand out and add context to how "bugis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is of bugis descent from and of minangkabau bugis or javanese. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bugis" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bugis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pre-1200 Bugis society was most likely organised into chiefdoms. (10 words)
A screengrab of a flash flood seen near Bugis Street on Nov 17, 2024. (14 words)
Amin Baco is of Bugis descent from Sulawesi, a Malaysian born in Sabah who built his jihadi credentials fighting in Jolo and Basilan in Mindanao. (25 words)
Here for some 2,000 years lived the linguistic group that would become the modern Bugis; the archaic name of this group (which is preserved in other local languages) was Ugiq. (31 words)
Constitution of Malaysia Article 152 Citizens of Minangkabau, Bugis or Javanese origins, who can be classified "Malay" under constitutional definitions may also speak their respective ancestral tongues. (27 words)
Amin Baco is of Bugis descent from Sulawesi, a Malaysian born in Sabah who built his jihadi credentials fighting in Jolo and Basilan in Mindanao. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
A screengrab of a flash flood seen near Bugis Street on Nov 17, 2024.
Amin Baco is of Bugis descent from Sulawesi, a Malaysian born in Sabah who built his jihadi credentials fighting in Jolo and Basilan in Mindanao.
Constitution of Malaysia Article 152 Citizens of Minangkabau, Bugis or Javanese origins, who can be classified "Malay" under constitutional definitions may also speak their respective ancestral tongues.
Here for some 2,000 years lived the linguistic group that would become the modern Bugis; the archaic name of this group (which is preserved in other local languages) was Ugiq.
Pre-1200 Bugis society was most likely organised into chiefdoms.