apus

apus

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: apus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

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

apus

1. dad, daddy

   Synonym: apu

From apu (“father”) +‎ -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix).

apus (comparative apusabb, superlative legapusabb)

1. typical or characteristic of dad/daddy

• apus in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• apus in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Compare Sundanese apus (“easily go out, extinguished (fire)”).

• IPA^(key): /apus/

apus

1. to extinguish; to put an end to
2. to delete

apus

1. breathe for the last time
2. disappear completely

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapus/
• Rhymes: -apus
• Syllabification: a‧pus
• Homophone: Apus

apus

1. alternative form of hapus

Borrowed from Sasak .

apus (plural apus-apus)

1. a concoction made from rice flour and spices, shaped like small balls, believed to cure stomach aches and postpartum headaches

• “apus” 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.

From Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, “footless”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

apūs m (genitive apodis); third declension

1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Third-declension noun.

• “apus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

apus

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

From the past participle of the verb apune (“to fade, set”), from Latin apponere. Was the traditional word for "west", but today vest is used as the standard term. Compare also the descendants of Latin ponens in the Western Romance languages, which developed the meaning of "west".

• IPA^(key): /aˈpus/

apus m or n (feminine singular apusă, masculine plural apuși, feminine and neuter plural apuse)

1. (of celestial bodies) set
2. bygone, dead, vanished

apus n (plural apusuri)

1. (poetic) west
2. sunset

   Synonym: asfințit

3. (figurative) decline

• (west): vest (standard), occident

• (antonym(s) of “west”): răsărit (also somewhat uncommon), est (standard), orient

compass points (native origin): puncte cardinale:  

	miazănoapte
apus		răsărit
	miazăzi

apus

1. past participle of apune

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔapus/
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: a‧pus

apus (Sulat Sūg spelling اَفُسْ)

1. gambling