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Adzera
Noun
mpu
- (Amari) Synonym of mpui
References
Mapun
Noun
mpu
- grandchild
North Watut
Noun
mpu
- water
References
- Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.
Noun
mpu
- a distinguished person
- religious persons (brahmans and others)
- sir, master, lord
- the honorable or reverend
Descendants
Further reading
- "mpu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pangutaran Sama
Noun
mpu
- grandchild
West Coast Bajau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *puluq.
Numeral
mpu
- ten