ibu

See also: IBU

Translingual

Symbol

ibu

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ibu terms

English

Etymology

Clipping of ibuprofen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.bjuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ibu (countable and uncountable, plural ibus)

1. (colloquial, uncommon) ibuprofen

Betawi

Alternative forms

• ibó' (Urban Jakarta)
• bu (shortened form)

Etymology

From Malay ibu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈbu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: i‧bu

Noun

ibu (Arab Gundul spelling ايبو)

1. mother

   Synonyms: ema', ibó', ma', mama, mémé, walidè, umi

2. madam: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.

Iban

Etymology

Probably from Malay ibu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ibuʔ]
• Hyphenation: i‧bu

Noun

ibu

1. aunt; aunty

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• bu (apheresis)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ibu, probably from Javanese ibu, ꦲꦶꦧꦸ (ibu), from Old Javanese ibu, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”). Compare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ). Doublet of babu. Displaced native induk, indung, inang, ina, emak, and tina. All now either dialectical, restricted for animals, or only used in compounds (e.g. indung telur (“ovary”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈibu/ [ˈi.bu]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibu
• Syllabification: i‧bu

Noun

ibu (plural ibu-ibu or para ibu)

1. mother (a female parent)

   Synonyms: emak, enyak, ibunda, ina, inang, induk, indung, uai, mak, mbok, nyak

2. madam: A polite form of address for an adult woman or lady.

   Synonyms: nyonya, puan

3. you (polite, to a woman)

   Synonyms: Anda, saudari

Noun

ibu (plural ibu-ibu)

1. mother (something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind)

   ibu jari ― thumb (literally, “mother of fingers”)

   ibu kota ― capital (literally, “mother of city”)

   ibu papan ― bow (literally, “mother of wood board”)

Derived terms

• beribu
• beribu-bapak
• keibuan
• peribuan

• ibu akar
• ibu angkat
• ibu ayam
• ibu bapak
• ibu jari
• ibu kaki
• ibu kandung
• ibu kecamatan
• ibu kota
• ibu negara
• ibu negeri
• ibu papan
• ibu pasir
• ibu pengganti
• ibu permandian
• ibu pertiwi
• ibu pungut
• ibu rumah tangga
• ibu sambung
• ibu siaga
• ibu sungai
• ibu suri
• ibu tangan
• ibu tangga
• ibu tiri

Further reading

• “ibu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

ibu

1. Rōmaji transcription of イブ
2. Rōmaji transcription of いぶ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦲꦶꦧꦸ
Pegon
Roman	ibu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ibu (“mother”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”). Compare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ). Doublet of ꦧꦧꦸ (babu).

Noun

ibu

1. mother

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “ibu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Kavalan

Noun

ibu

1. ash

Malay

Alternative forms

• bu (apheresis)

Etymology

Proably borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦶꦧꦸ (ibu), from Old Javanese ibu, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”). Ccompare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ). Doublet of babu. Displaced native induk, indung, inang, ina, emak, and tina. All now either dialectical, restricted for animals, or only used in compounds (e.g. indung telur (“ovary”)).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈibu/ [ˈʔi.bu]

  • Audio:

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• Rhymes: -bu, -u
• Hyphenation: i‧bu

Noun

ibu (Jawi spelling ايبو, plural ibu-ibu)

1. mother

   Synonyms: emak, embok, ina, induk, injin, mama, nyak, uai, umm

   Ibu saya seorang guru.

   My mother is a teacher.

Derived terms

Compounds

• ibu angkat (“adoptive mother”)
• ibu ayam (“female pimp”)
• ibu kota (“state capital”)
• ibu kunci (“lock”)
• ibu negara (“capital city”)
• ibu negeri (“state capital”)
• ibu pejabat (“headquarters”)
• ibu pertiwi (“homeland; motherland”)

Descendants

• → Iban: ibu
• > Indonesian: ibu (inherited)

Further reading

• "ibu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "ibu" at PRPM first version)

Mauritian Creole

Noun

ibu

1. alternative spelling of ibou (“owl”)

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 126

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ipu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jabai. Compare oba, whence modern German ob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ibu/

Conjunction

ibu

1. if

Descendants

See oba.

References

• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”). Compare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ). Doublet of babu.

Noun

ibu

1. mother

   Synonyms: babu, bibi, ibu, iduṅ, ina, inaṅ, induṅ, janmayoni, mātā, matuh, rena

Derived terms

• makebu
• mebu

Descendants

• > Javanese: (inherited)

  Javanese script: ꦲꦶꦧꦸ (ibu)

  Latin script: ibu

  • → Balinese: ᬳᬶᬩᬸ (ibu)
  • →? Malay: ibu, bu (apheresis)
    • → Iban: ibu
    • > Indonesian: ibu (inherited)

Further reading

• "ibu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tausug

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu

Malay ribubor.

Tausug ibu

Borrowed from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔibu/ [ʔɪˈβu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: i‧bu

Numeral

ibu (Sulat Sūg spelling اِبُ)

1. thousand

Derived terms

• duwa nga ibu
• hangibu
• hangpu' nga ibu
• ibuan
• lima nga ibu
• pitu nga ibu
• siyam nga ibu
• tū nga ibu
• unum nga ibu
• upat nga ibu
• walu nga ibu

Yogad

Noun

ibu

1. urine

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bú

Alternative forms

• ubú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.bú/

Noun

ibú

1. considerable depth and expanse
2. (by extension) any deep body of water; sea, ocean

   Synonyms: ibú-omi, òkun

Derived terms

• 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

• odò (“river”)
• omi (“water, river”)

Etymology 2

Unclear if it is related to Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ubú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.bú/

Noun

ibú

1. a fall; (especially) accidental; the act of accidentally falling

Derived terms

• ṣubú (“to fall”)

Etymology 3

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bú

Alternative forms

• ùbú, ẹ̀bú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.bú/

Noun

ìbú

1. breadth, width

   Synonyms: ẹ̀bú, ibò

2. horizontalness, horizontality

Adjective

ìbú

1. horizontal

   Synonym: oníbùú

   Antonyms: òró, ìró

   ìlà ìbú

   Horizontal line

Derived terms

• ètò oníbùú (“syntagmatism”)
• àgbélébùú (“cross”)
• ìbúḿbú (“across”)
• dábùú (“across”)
• àgbàdébùú

Etymology 4

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bú (“to insult, yell, roar”)

Alternative forms

• ùbú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.bú/

Noun

ìbú

1. the act of roaring; (especially) of animals

Etymology 5

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bù (“to scoop, to chip”)

Alternative forms

• ùbù

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.bù/

Noun

ìbù

1. the act of chipping of or from some substance
2. crack, split

Etymology 6

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bù (“to be dusty”)

Alternative forms

• ùbu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.bū/

Noun

ìbu

1. dustiness