ibu
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.bjuː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]ibu (countable and uncountable, plural ibus)
Iban
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ibu
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ibu (plural para ibu, ibu-ibu, first-person possessive ibuku, second-person possessive ibumu, third-person possessive ibunya)
- mother
- 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.
- something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- madam: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
- you (very formal)
Usage notes
[edit]- bu more often meaning "ma'am".
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ibu” 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.
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ibu
- Romanization of ꦲꦶꦧꦸ
Kavalan
[edit]Noun
[edit]ibu
Malay
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ibu (Jawi spelling ايبو, plural ibu-ibu, informal 1st possessive ibuku, 2nd possessive ibumu, 3rd possessive ibunya)
Derived terms
[edit]- bu (shortened)
- ibu kunci (“lock”)
- ibu pejabat (“headquarters”)
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ibu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *jabai. Compare oba, whence modern German ob.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ibu
Descendants
[edit]See oba.
References
[edit]- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”) (compare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)).
Noun
[edit]ibu
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "ibu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Tausug
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Philippine *ʀibu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]ibu (Sulat Sūg spelling اِبُ)
Yogad
[edit]Noun
[edit]ibu
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bú
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ibú
Derived terms
[edit]- Ẹjalónibú, Ẹjalónibúṣọlá (Yoruba name meaning "The fish comes from the deep; The fish comes from the deep and is honorable")
- Oníbú-ọrẹ (“A nickname for God”)
- Oníbú-ọlá (“a nickname for several water deities”)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Unclear if it is related to Etymology 1
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ibú
- a fall; (especially) accidental; the act of accidentally falling
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bú
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìbú
Adjective
[edit]ìbú
Derived terms
[edit]- ètò oníbùú (“syntagmatism”)
- àgbélébùú (“cross”)
- ìbúḿbú (“across”)
- dábùú (“across”)
- àgbàdébùú
Etymology 4
[edit]From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bú (“to insult, yell, roar”)
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìbú
- the act of roaring; (especially) of animals
Etymology 5
[edit]From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bù (“to scoop, to chip”)
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìbù
Etymology 6
[edit]From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bù (“to be dusty”)
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ìbu
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