debu

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See also: debú and dębu

Cebuano

Etymology

From English debut, from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeud- (“to beat, push”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧bu

Noun

debu

  1. a traditional coming-of-age party which celebrates a young woman's eighteenth birthday
  2. (bingo) the number eighteen

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay debu, from Proto-Malayic *dəbu.

Pronunciation

Noun

dêbu (first-person possessive debuku, second-person possessive debumu, third-person possessive debunya)

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
    Synonym: abu
  2. (geology) silt: a particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
    Synonym: silt

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Japanese

Romanization

debu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でぶ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of デブ

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *dəbu.

Noun

debu (Jawi spelling دبو, plural debu-debu, informal 1st possessive debuku, 2nd possessive debumu, 3rd possessive debunya)

  1. dust (fine, dry air particles)
  2. ash (solid remains of a fire)
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  • Indonesian: debu

Etymology 2

Pronoun

debu (Jawi spelling دبو)

  1. (Classical Malay) I (personal pronoun)
  2. (Classical Malay) me (direct object of a verb)
  3. (Classical Malay) me (object of a preposition)
  4. (Classical Malay) me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. (Classical Malay) my (belonging to me)
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