See also: IBU and .ibu

English edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of ibuprofen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.bjuː/
  • (file)

Noun edit

ibu (countable and uncountable, plural ibus)

  1. (uncommon) ibuprofen

Iban edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ibuʔ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧bu

Noun edit

ibu

  1. aunt; aunty

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay ibu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ibu (plural para ibu, ibu-ibu, first-person possessive ibuku, second-person possessive ibumu, third-person possessive ibunya)

  1. mother
    1. 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.
      Synonyms: biyung, bunda, emak, embok, ibu, ibunda, ibung, indung, mak, mama, mami, mandeh, mbok, umi
    2. something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
  2. madam: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
  3. you (very formal)

Usage notes edit

  • bu more often meaning "ma'am".

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Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

ibu

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦧꦸ

Kavalan edit

Noun edit

ibu

  1. ash

Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ibu (Jawi spelling ايبو, plural ibu-ibu, informal 1st possessive ibuku, 2nd possessive ibumu, 3rd possessive ibunya)

  1. mother

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • > Indonesian: ibu (inherited)
  • Iban: ibu

See also edit

Further reading edit

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *jabai. Compare oba, whence modern German ob.

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ibu

  1. if

Descendants edit

See oba.

References edit

  1. 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

  1. mother
    Synonyms: babu, bibi, ibu, iduṅ, ina, inaṅ, induṅ, janmayoni, mātā, matuh, rena

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *ʀibu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

Numeral edit

ibu

  1. thousand

Yogad edit

Noun edit

ibu

  1. urine

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

From i- (nominalizing prefix) +‎

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Noun edit

ibú

  1. considerable depth and expanse
  2. (by extension) any deep body of water; sea, ocean
    Synonyms: ibú-omi, òkun
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Etymology 2 edit

Unclear if it is related to Etymology 1

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Noun edit

ibú

  1. a fall; (especially) accidental; the act of accidentally falling
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Etymology 3 edit

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìbú

  1. breadth, width
    Synonyms: ẹ̀bú, ibò
  2. horizontalness, horizontality

Adjective edit

ìbú

  1. horizontal
    Synonym: oníbùú
    Antonyms: òró, ìró
    ìlà ìbú
    Horizontal line
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Etymology 4 edit

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to insult, yell, roar)

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Noun edit

ìbú

  1. the act of roaring; (especially) of animals

Etymology 5 edit

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to scoop, to chip)

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìbù

  1. the act of chipping of or from some substance
  2. crack, split

Etymology 6 edit

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to be dusty)

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìbu

  1. dustiness