/bug'euh neez", -nees"/ , n. , pl. Buginese for 1.
1. a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
2. the Austronesian language spoken by these people.
[ Boeginees (with -nees on the model of Balinees, Javanees, etc.) Bugis, prob. orig. the Makassarese name of this ethnic group ]