debu

See also: debú, and dębu

Cebuano

Etymology

From English debut, from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeud- (“to beat, push”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧bu

Noun

debu

1. a traditional coming-of-age party which celebrates a young woman's eighteenth birthday
2. (bingo) the number eighteen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay debu, from Proto-Malayic *dəbu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈbu/

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• Hyphenation: dêbu
• Rhymes: -bu, -u

Noun

dêbu (first-person possessive debuku, second-person possessive debumu, third-person possessive debunya)

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

   Synonym: abu

2. dust (fine, dry particles)

   Synonym: habuk (Standard Malay)

3. (geology) silt: a particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

   Synonym: silt

Synonyms

• abu
• duli

Derived terms

• berdebu
• mendebu

 

• debu batu
• debu embus
• debu kosmik
• debu layang
• debu meteor
• debu vulkanik

 

Further reading

• “debu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

debu

1. Rōmaji transcription of でぶ
2. Rōmaji transcription of デブ

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəbu/
• Rhymes: -əbu, -bu, -u

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *dəbu.

Noun

debu (Jawi spelling دبو, plural debu-debu, informal 1st possessive debuku, 2nd possessive debumu, 3rd possessive debunya)

1. dust (fine, dry air particles)
2. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Synonyms

• abu / ابو
• duli / دولي
• lebu / لبو

Descendants

• Indonesian: debu

Etymology 2

Pronoun

debu (Jawi spelling دبو)

1. (Classical Malay) I (personal pronoun)
2. (Classical Malay) me (direct object of a verb)
3. (Classical Malay) me (object of a preposition)
4. (Classical Malay) me (indirect object of a verb)
5. (Classical Malay) my (belonging to me)

Synonyms

• aku / اکو
• saya / ساي