apu

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapu/

apu

1. fire

• David Mead, Edy Pasanda, An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia) (2015)

apu

1. water

• Kaija Olkkonen, Soini Olkkonen, Somba-Siawari (Burum Mindik)—English dictionary (2007) (mentioned in the entry o)

From Pre-Chamorro *ʔapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

apu

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Syllabification^(key): a‧pu

apu

1. help, aid, assistance, relief, succour

   Apua! ― Help!

   jonkin avulla ― with the help of something / using something

2. (in expressions) helping hand, one who helps
3. remedy, relief (something that provides a removal of stress or discomfort)
4. (in compounds) auxiliary, additional, accessory

   apukone ― auxiliary engine

• aulis
• avittaa

• “apu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• -pua

From apa (“father”) +‎ -u (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: apu
• Rhymes: -pu

apu

1. dad

• apu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• apu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognates include Finnish apu and Veps abu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

apu

1. Synonym of api
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 109:

     Hää oli prostoist vanhemmist, varraa jäi vanhemmist i suureel vaivaal vanhemman veljän avul sai itsellee obrazovanjan.

     He had simple parents, lost parents early on and with big difficulty with the help of his older brother got himself an education.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 2
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 15

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu, from Proto-Austronesian *apu. Compare Ilocano apo, Tagalog apo, Cebuano apu, Malay empu, and Cebuano umpu. Also possibly from Hokkien 阿婆 (a-pô, “paternal grandmother”).

• IPA^(key): (“grandparent”) /ˈapuʔ/
• IPA^(key): (“grandparent”) /ˈapu/
• IPA^(key): (“grandchild”) /əˈpu/
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

ápû or ápu

1. grandparent
   1. term of address for one's grandparents
2. term of reference for one's grandmother
3. title added to saint's names

   Apu Lusya

   Saint Lucy

apu

1. grandchild

• Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary‎, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 June 2021, page 11

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognates include Finnish apu and Veps abu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

apu (genitive avun, partitive apuo)

1. (North Karelian) help

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “помощь”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

apú

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

From Latin aqua. Compare Romanian apă, Aromanian apã, Istro-Romanian åpe.

apu

1. water

• Theodor Capidan, Dicționar meglenoromân (Megleno-Romanian dictionary)

apu

1. mother or paternal aunt

apu

1. fire

• Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 98

• IPA^(key):

apu

1. stone, rock
2. mountain, hill
3. stone tool

• puḻi

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapuː/

apu

1. fire

• David Mead, Edy Pasanda, An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia) (2015)

Te apu (1).

Te apu (2).

Borrowed from English apple.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

apu

1. apple
2. apple tree (Malus domestica)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 17

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

apu

1. fire