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Bug⋅i⋅nese

  [buhg-uh-neez, -nees]
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–noun, plural -nese for 1.
1. a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
2. the Austronesian language spoken by these people.
Origin:
< D Boeginees (with -nees on the model of Balinees, Javanees, etc.) < Malay Bugis, prob. orig. the Makassarese name of this ethnic group
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