embus

English

Etymology

From em- +‎ bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈbʌs/, /ɪmˈbʌs/
  • Rhymes: -ʌs

Verb

embus (third-person singular simple present embusses, present participle embussing, simple past and past participle embussed)

  1. to put (troops) onto a bus
  2. to board a bus

Antonyms

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From embama +‎ -us.

Noun

embus (genitive embuse, partitive embust)

  1. hug

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Malay embus, from Classical Malay همبوس (hembus), from Proto-Malayic *həmbus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qəmbus (“blow hard; snort, pant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

êmbus

  1. blow, gust
    Synonym: embusan

Verb

êmbus

  1. (intransitive) to blow (to produce an air current)
    Synonym: mengembus
  2. (intransitive) to exhale

Derived terms

  • berembus (“to blow; to exhale; aspirated”)
  • embusan (“blow, gust; exhalation; aspiration”)
  • embuskan (“to blow; to exhale; to aspirate”)
  • nirembus (“unaspirated”)
  • pengembus (“blower”)
  • pengembusan (“blowing; exhalation; aspiration”)

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