embus
English edit
Etymology edit
em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.
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Verb edit
embus (third-person singular simple present embusses, present participle embussing, simple past and past participle embussed)
- to put (troops) onto a bus
- to board a bus
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Noun edit
embus (genitive embuse, partitive embust)
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Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- hembus (nonstandard)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay embus, from Classical Malay همبوس (hembus), همبوس (embus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qembus (“blow hard; snort, pant”).
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Verb edit
embus
- to blow (air).
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Further reading edit
- “embus” 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.