ibu

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See also: IBU and .ibu

English

Etymology

Clipping of ibuprofen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.bjuː/
  • (file)

Noun

ibu (countable and uncountable, plural ibus)

  1. (uncommon) ibuprofen

Iban

Pronunciation

Noun

ibu

  1. aunt; aunty

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ibu.

Pronunciation

Noun

ibu (plural para ibu, ibu-ibu, first-person possessive ibuku, second-person possessive ibumu, third-person possessive ibunya)

  1. mother
    1. a (human) female who has given birth to a baby, who parents an adopted or fostered child, or who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
      Synonyms: biyung, bunda, emak, embok, ibu, ibunda, ibung, indung, mak, mama, mami, mandeh, mbok, umi
    2. something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
  2. madam: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
  3. you (very formal)

Usage notes

  • bu more often meaning "ma'am".

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ibu

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦧꦸ

Kavalan

Noun

ibu

  1. ash

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

ibu (Jawi spelling ايبو, plural ibu-ibu, informal 1st possessive ibuku, 2nd possessive ibumu, 3rd possessive ibunya)

  1. mother

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: ibu (inherited)
  • Iban: ibu

See also

Further reading

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jabai. Compare oba, whence modern German ob.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ibu

  1. if

Descendants

See oba.

References

  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (mother) (compare Temiar buk (mother), Jehai baboʔ (woman), Vietnamese vợ (wife), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)).

Noun

ibu

  1. mother
    Synonyms: babu, bibi, ibu, iduṅ, ina, inaṅ, induṅ, janmayoni, mātā, matuh, rena

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "ibu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tausug

Etymology

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

Numeral

ibu

  1. thousand

Yogad

Noun

ibu

  1. urine

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From i- (nominalizing prefix) +‎

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ibú

  1. considerable depth and expanse
  2. (by extension) any deep body of water; sea, ocean
    Synonyms: ibú-omi, òkun
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Unclear if it is related to Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ibú

  1. a fall; (especially) accidental; the act of accidentally falling
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbú

  1. breadth, width
    Synonyms: ẹ̀bú, ibò
  2. horizontalness, horizontality

Adjective

ìbú

  1. horizontal
    Synonym: oníbùú
    Antonyms: òró, ìró
    ìlà ìbú
    Horizontal line
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to insult, yell, roar)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbú

  1. the act of roaring; (especially) of animals

Etymology 5

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to scoop, to chip)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbù

  1. the act of chipping of or from some substance
  2. crack, split

Etymology 6

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to be dusty)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbu

  1. dustiness