abu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "abu"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Abure.

Symbol

abu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abure.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Abure terms

Afar

Etymology 1

Cognate with Saho abo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabu/ [ˈʔʌbʊ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu

Noun

ábu m 

  1. maternal uncle
Declension
Declension of ábu
absolutive ábu
predicative ábu
subjective abí
genitive abí
Postpositioned forms
l-case ábul
k-case ábuk
t-case ábut
h-case ábuh
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabu/ [ˈʔʌbʊ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu

Verb

abu

  1. first/third-person masculine singular conjunctive of abé

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “àbu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 25

Ambonese Malay

Noun

abu

  1. dust

Aribwatsa

Noun

abu

  1. water bop

References

  • Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *abu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abu

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Baoule

Noun

abu

  1. turtle

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abu/ [a.β̞u]
  • Rhymes: -abu, -u
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu

Noun

abu inan

  1. (Biscayan) mortar (hollow vessel used to pound)

Declension

Declension of abu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive abu abua abuak
ergative abuk abuak abuek
dative aburi abuari abuei
genitive aburen abuaren abuen
comitative aburekin abuarekin abuekin
causative aburengatik abuarengatik abuengatik
benefactive aburentzat abuarentzat abuentzat
instrumental abuz abuaz abuez
inessive abutan abuan abuetan
locative abutako abuko abuetako
allative abutara abura abuetara
terminative abutaraino aburaino abuetaraino
directive abutarantz aburantz abuetarantz
destinative abutarako aburako abuetarako
ablative abutatik abutik abuetatik
partitive aburik
prolative abutzat

Further reading

  • abu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abú

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Gothic

Romanization

abu

  1. romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌿

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔà.bù/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.bʊ̀]

Noun

àbù m (feminine àbā, plural abūbuwā̀, possessed form àbin)

  1. thing, object
  2. matter, affair, situation
  3. possession, property

Higaonon

Noun

abu

  1. ash
  2. fireplace

Hiligaynon

Noun

abu

  1. ash

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abu/

Noun

abu

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
  2. dust
    Synonym: amau

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay abu, from Proto-Malayic *habu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Doublet of hawu.

Noun

abu (plural abu-abu)

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
  2. (rare) synonym of debu (dust)

Verb

abu

  1. (chiefly obsolete) to have defeat
    Synonym: kalah

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū, father). Doublet of aba, abi, and abbas.

Noun

abu (plural abu-abu)

  1. (dialectal) synonym of ayah (father)
  2. alternative form of abuan

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

abu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あぶ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of アブ

Kanakanabu

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abu

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈbu/ [əˈbu]
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu

Noun

abu

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Karelian

Regional variants of abu
North Karelian
(Viena)
apu
South Karelian
(Tver)
abu

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognates include Finnish apu and Veps abu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑbu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu

Noun

abu (genitive avun, partitive abuo)

  1. (South Karelian) help

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of abu (type 1/tyttö b-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative abu avut
genitive avun abuloin
partitive abuo abuloida
illative abuh abuloih
inessive avušša abuloissa
elative avušta abuloista
adessive avulla abuloilla
ablative avulda abuloilda
translative avukši abuloiksi
essive abuna abuloina
comitative avunke abuloinke
abessive avutta abuloitta
Possessive forms of abu
1st person abuni
2nd person abuš
3rd person abuh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “abu”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Noun

abu

  1. ash
  2. dust

Latvian

Pronoun

abu

  1. genitive plural masculine/feminine of abi

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *abōˀ (both), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁, possibly prefixed with *Ho.[1][2] Cognate with Latvian abi, Old Prussian abbai and Proto-Slavic *oba, and less directly with Sanskrit उभ (ubhá), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai), Latin ambo (both) and Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō, both, facing).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐˈbʊ/

Numeral

abù m pl (feminine abi̇̀)[4]

  1. both

Declension

As with dù, dvi̇̀ (two):

Declension of abu
masculine feminine
nominative abù abi̇̀
genitive abiejų̃ abiejų̃
dative abi̇́em abi̇́em
accusative abù abi̇̀
instrumental abiẽm abiẽm
locative abiejuosè abiejosè

Derived terms

words derived from abù

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ubhá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 520-521
  2. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 124
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “abu”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
  4. ^ abu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑbu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu
  • Rhymes: -ɑbu

Noun

abu

  1. help

Declension

Declension of abu (Type 11/lindu, b-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative abu avut
genitive avun abuloin
partitive abuu abuloi
illative abuh abuloih
inessive avus abulois
elative avuspäi abuloispäi
allative avule abuloile
adessive avul abuloil
ablative avulpäi abuloilpäi
translative avukse abuloikse
essive avunnu abuloinnu
abessive avuttah abuloittah
comitative avunke abuloinke
instructive abuloin
prolative avuči

Derived terms

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 11

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognate with Finnish apu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑbu/
  • Rhymes: -ɑbu
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu

Noun

abu

  1. aid, assistance, help

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • abuttada
  • abutuz

References

  • M. Pahomov (2022) Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ[1], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 12

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.bu]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -bu, -u
  • Hyphenation: a‧bu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *habu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abu (Jawi spelling ابو)

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
    Synonyms: debu, duli, lebu
  2. dust
    Synonyms: debu, habuk
Derived terms
  • abu kayu
  • abu logam

Descendants

  • Indonesian: abu

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

abu (Jawi spelling ابو)

  1. (intransitive) to lose (of congkak and other games)
    Synonym: kalah
Descendants
  • Indonesian: abu

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

abu (Jawi spelling ابو)

  1. a rank in Thailand

Further reading

Manado Malay

Etymology

From Malay abu.

Noun

abu

  1. dust
  2. ash

Narua

Noun

abu

  1. father

Nyishi

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *bo.

Noun

abu

  1. father

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abu

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
  2. (mineralogy) lime

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈbu/, [a.ˈbu]

Noun

abu

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Simalungun Batak

Noun

abu

  1. ash

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabu/ [ˈa.β̞u]
  • Rhymes: -abu
  • Syllabification: a‧bu

Noun

abu m or f (plural abus)

  1. alternative form of abue

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū), construct state of أَبْ (ʔab).

Pronunciation

Noun

abu class IX (plural abu class X)

  1. father
    Synonym: baba

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔabu/ [ʔɑˈβu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: a‧bu

Noun

abu (Sulat Sūg spelling اَبُ)

  1. ashes

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

Noun

abu

  1. help, assistance, aid

Inflection

Inflection of abu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. abu
genitive sing. abun
partitive sing. abud
partitive plur. abuid
singular plural
nominative abu abud
accusative abun abud
genitive abun abuiden
partitive abud abuid
essive-instructive abun abuin
translative abuks abuikš
inessive abus abuiš
elative abuspäi abuišpäi
illative abuhu abuihe
adessive abul abuil
ablative abulpäi abuilpäi
allative abule abuile
abessive abuta abuita
comitative abunke abuidenke
prolative abudme abuidme
approximative I abunno abuidenno
approximative II abunnoks abuidennoks
egressive abunnopäi abuidennopäi
terminative I abuhusai abuihesai
terminative II abulesai abuilesai
terminative III abussai
additive I abuhupäi abuihepäi
additive II abulepäi abuilepäi

Derived terms

  • valdkundanabu

References

Yakan

Noun

abu

  1. ash

Yogad

Noun

abú

  1. ash