mpu
See also: MPU
Adzera edit
Noun edit
mpu
- (Amari) Synonym of mpui
References edit
- Joel Bradshaw, Word order change in Papua New Guinea Austronesian languages (1982b, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawai'i), page 60
Mapun edit
Noun edit
mpu
North Watut edit
Noun edit
mpu
References edit
- Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.
Noun edit
mpu
- a distinguished person
- religious persons (brahmans and others)
- sir, master, lord
- the honorable or reverend
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "mpu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pangutaran Sama edit
Noun edit
mpu
West Coast Bajau edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *puluq.
Numeral edit
mpu