Bugis
Speech parts
1. Bugis - Adjective
2. Bugis - Proper noun
Meaning
A member of a people of southern Sulawesi. [from 17th c.]
The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people. [from 19th c.]
Bugis (comparative more Bugis, superlative most Bugis)
Pertaining to the Bugis or their language. [from 19th c.]
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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.
Pre-1200 Bugis society was most likely organised into chiefdoms.
Bersatu president says this after the PM warned opponents not to court the wrath of a Bugis warrior.
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.
Many Bugis who still had some cash took the opportunity to buy land cheaply.
These include Tangs department store at Tang Plaza, Bugis Junction, the OCBC Bank at City Square Mall, a KFC outlet at West Mall and the ICA Building.