bukan

bukan

"Not" or "no."

Here, "bukan" is used to negate that the object "buku" belongs to the speaker.

Ini bukan buku saya.

This is not my book.

In this sentence, "bukan" is part of the phrase "bukan sahaja," meaning "not only," introducing a paired idea.

Bukan sahaja dia pandai, malah dia juga baik hati.

Not only is he intelligent, but he is also kind-hearted.

In this sentence, "bukan" negates the statement that the subject was at home.

Dia bukan di rumah pada waktu itu.

He was not at home at that time.