ribu

Banjarese

**Banjarese cardinal numbers**
< 10²	10³	10⁴ >
Cardinal : ribu

**Banjarese cardinal numbers**
	10³	10⁶ >
Cardinal : ribu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

Numeral

ribu

thousand

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

Compare Indonesian ribu, Malay ribu.

Numeral

ribu

thousand

Indonesian

**Indonesian cardinal numbers**
< 10²	10³	10⁴ >
Cardinal : ribu

**Indonesian cardinal numbers**
	10³	10⁶ >
Cardinal : ribu

Alternative forms

riboe (pre-1947)

Etymology

From Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /ˈribu/ [ˈri.bu]
Hyphenation: ri‧bu

Numeral

ribu

thousand
(colloquial) million (when talking about currency, the Indonesian rupiah)

Isnag

Etymology

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

Numeral

ribu

thousand

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish riepu. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ribu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

rag

Malay

**Malay cardinal numbers**
< 10²	10³	10⁴ >
Cardinal : ribu

**Malay cardinal numbers**
	10³	10⁶ >
Cardinal : ribu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (rivu), in the form sarivu (current spelling seribu). Old Cham cognate form saribu also attested in the Đông Yên Châu inscription of the 4th century.

Also theorized to be late enough to be borrowed from Arabic رِبْوَة (ribwa) which meant “myriad” in reference to a currency.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ribu/
Rhymes: -ibu, -bu, -u
Audio (Malaysia): (file)

Numeral

ribu (Jawi spelling ريبو)

thousand

Derived terms

seribu

Descendants

Indonesian: ríbu

References

Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 192

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ribu

accusative singular of riba

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ribu

fringe (decoration)

Inflection

Inflection of ribu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	ribu
genitive sing.	ribun
partitive sing.	ribud
partitive plur.	ribuid
	singular	plural
nominative	ribu	ribud
accusative	ribun	ribud
genitive	ribun	ribuiden
partitive	ribud	ribuid
essive-instructive	ribun	ribuin
translative	ribuks	ribuikš

inessive	ribus	ribuiš
elative	ribuspäi	ribuišpäi
illative	ribuhu	ribuihe

adessive	ribul	ribuil
ablative	ribulpäi	ribuilpäi
allative	ribule	ribuile

abessive	ributa	ribuita
comitative	ribunke	ribuidenke
prolative	ribudme	ribuidme

approximative I	ribunno	ribuidenno
approximative II	ribunnoks	ribuidennoks
egressive	ribunnopäi	ribuidennopäi

terminative I	ribuhusai	ribuihesai
terminative II	ribulesai	ribuilesai
terminative III	ribussai	—

additive I	ribuhupäi	ribuihepäi
additive II	ribulepäi	ribuilepäi

References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “бахрома”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yogad

Etymology

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

Numeral

ribu

thousand