debu

See also: debú and dębu

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).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧bu

Noun

debu

  1. a traditional coming-of-age party which celebrates a young woman's eighteenth birthday
  2. (bingo) the number eighteen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay debu, from Proto-Malayic *dəbu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈbu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dêbu
  • Rhymes: -bu, -u

Noun

dêbu (plural debu-debu)

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
    Synonym: abu
  2. dust (fine, dry particles)
    Synonym: habuk (Standard Malay)
  3. (geology) silt: a particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
    Synonym: silt

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • debu batu
  • debu embus
  • debu kosmik
  • debu layang
  • debu meteor
  • debu vulkanik

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

debu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でぶ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of デブ

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəbu/
  • Rhymes: -əbu, -bu, -u

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *dəbu.

Noun

debu (Jawi spelling دبو, plural debu-debu)

  1. dust (fine, dry air particles)
  2. ash (solid remains of a fire)
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: debu

Etymology 2

Pronoun

debu (Jawi spelling دبو)

  1. (Classical Malay) I (personal pronoun)
  2. (Classical Malay) me (direct object of a verb)
  3. (Classical Malay) me (object of a preposition)
  4. (Classical Malay) me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. (Classical Malay) my (belonging to me)
Synonyms