ibu
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ibu (countable and uncountable, plural ibus)
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ibu
Indonesian edit
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ibu (plural para ibu, ibu-ibu, first-person possessive ibuku, second-person possessive ibumu, third-person possessive ibunya)
- mother
- a (human) female who has given birth to a baby, who parents an adopted or fostered child, or who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- madam: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
- you (very formal)
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- bu more often meaning "ma'am".
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Further reading edit
- “ibu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
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ibu
- Romanization of ꦲꦶꦧꦸ
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ibu
Malay edit
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ibu (Jawi spelling ايبو, plural ibu-ibu, informal 1st possessive ibuku, 2nd possessive ibumu, 3rd possessive ibunya)
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- bu (shortened)
- ibu kunci (“lock”)
- ibu pejabat (“headquarters”)
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Further reading edit
- “ibu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old High German edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *jabai. Compare oba, whence modern German ob.
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ibu
Descendants edit
See oba.
References edit
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”) (compare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)).
Noun edit
ibu
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Further reading edit
- "ibu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Tausug edit
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From Proto-Philippine *ʀibu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.
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ibu
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ibu
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bú
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ibú
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- Ẹjalónibú, Ẹjalónibúṣọlá (Yoruba name meaning "The fish comes from the deep; The fish comes from the deep and is honorable")
- Oníbú-ọrẹ (“A nickname for God”)
- Oníbú-ọlá (“a nickname for several water deities”)
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Etymology 2 edit
Unclear if it is related to Etymology 1
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ibú
- a fall; (especially) accidental; the act of accidentally falling
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Etymology 3 edit
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bú
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ìbú
Adjective edit
ìbú
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- ètò oníbùú (“syntagmatism”)
- àgbélébùú (“cross”)
- ìbúḿbú (“across”)
- dábùú (“across”)
- àgbàdébùú
Etymology 4 edit
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bú (“to insult, yell, roar”)
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ìbú
- the act of roaring; (especially) of animals
Etymology 5 edit
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bù (“to scoop, to chip”)
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ìbù
Etymology 6 edit
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bù (“to be dusty”)
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ìbu