babu

== English == === Alternative forms === baboo (dated) === Etymology === From Hindi बाबू (bābū). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbuː/ === Noun === babu (plural babus) (India) (Hinglish, North India) A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man. [from 18th c.] (derogatory, chiefly social media) an archetypical Indian bureaucrat, perceived as being corrupt, lazy or arrogant. (historical) Originally, a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== == Brunei Malay == === Etymology === From Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”), wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”) (compare Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)). === Noun === babu A mother. Synonym: mama An aunt. Term for any middle-aged or elderly woman. == Bunun == === Etymology === From Proto-Austronesian *babuy. === Noun === babu pig (livestock) == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === babo (dated) baboe (dated) === Etymology === Inherited from Malay babu, from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”), wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”) (compare with Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbabu/ Hyphenation: ba‧bu Rhymes: -bu, -u === Noun === babu (plural babu-babu) housemaid ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === jongos === Further reading === “babu”, 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 == Jarawa == === Etymology === From Hindi बाबू (bābū). Cognate to Önge babu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /babu/ === Noun === babu official, officer (of the Indian government of the Andamans) === References === Kumar, Pramod (2012) Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa[2] (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 111, 141, 187. == Javanese == === Romanization === babu romanization of ꦧꦧꦸ == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbabu] === Noun === babu accusative/instrumental singular of baba == 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)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.bu/ Rhymes: -bu Hyphenation: ba‧bu === Noun === babu mother Synonyms: babu, bibi, ibu, iduṅ, ina, inaṅ, induṅ, janmayoni, mātā, matuh, rena older servant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Javanese: ꦧꦧꦸ (babu) (inherited)→ Dutch: baboe→ Brunei Malay: babu→ Malay: babuIndonesian: babu→ Peranakan Indonesian: babu → Balinese: ᬩᬩᬸ (babu) === Further reading === "babu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === babu (Cyrillic spelling бабу) accusative singular of baba == Shabo == === Adjective === babu two == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbabu] === Noun === babu accusative singular of baba == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== babu class V (plural mababu class VI) grandfather (from either side) ancestor, forebear ===== Coordinate terms ===== bibi === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb). ==== Noun ==== babu class IX (plural babu class X) chapter == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === vavu === Etymology === A play on babay or English bye-bye. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈbu/ [bɐˈbʊ] Rhymes: -u Syllabification: ba‧bu === Interjection === babú (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓ) (slang) goodbye; ta ta Synonyms: paalam, babay == Ternate == === Etymology === Cognate to Galela babu, unless the Galela is borrowed from Ternate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.bu/ === Verb === babu (Jawi بابو) (intransitive) (of humans) to fall Synonym: doro (of non-humans) ngofa ibabu ― children fall إبابو تم کاه ― ibabu toma kaha ― they fell on the ground (intransitive) to be overthrown ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *papu. The initial b- was introduced by analogy with Russian боб (bob). === Noun === babu bean ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “боб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika == Yindjibarndi == === Noun === babu father