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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”).
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Noun
debu
- a traditional coming-of-age party which celebrates a young woman's eighteenth birthday
- (bingo) the number eighteen
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay debu, from Proto-Malayic *dəbu.
Pronunciation
Noun
dêbu (plural debu-debu)
- ash (solid remains of a fire)
- Synonym: abu
- dust (fine, dry particles)
- Synonym: habuk (Standard Malay)
- (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
- Rōmaji transcription of でぶ
- 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)
- dust (fine, dry air particles)
- ash (solid remains of a fire)
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Etymology 2
Pronoun
debu (Jawi spelling دبو)
- (Classical Malay) I (personal pronoun)
- (Classical Malay) me (direct object of a verb)
- (Classical Malay) me (object of a preposition)
- (Classical Malay) me (indirect object of a verb)
- (Classical Malay) my (belonging to me)
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