different between ancient vs abu

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?n.(t)??nt/

Etymology 1

From Middle English auncyen, borrowed from Old French ancien (“old”), from Vulgar Latin root *anteanus, from Latin ante (“before”). Compare antique.

Alternative forms

• anchient, aunchient, auncient, auntient, awncient, awntient (obsolete)
• antient (obsolete outside freemasonry)

Adjective

ancient (comparative ancienter or more ancient, superlative ancientest or most ancient)

1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
2. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
3. (historical) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
4. (obsolete) Experienced; versed.
   • 1550, Thomas Cranmer, A Defence of the True and Catholick Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ; with a Confutation of sundry Errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's Holy Word, and approved by the consent of the most ancient Doc. tors of the Church

     approved by the consent of the moste ancient doctors of the Churche [part of the book title]

5. (obsolete) Former; sometime.

Synonyms

• (very old): aged, eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old

Antonyms

• modern

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

ancient (plural ancients)

1. A person who is very old.
2. A person who lived in ancient times.
3. (Britain, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
4. (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Junius and Andronicus […] in Christianity […] were his ancients.

Synonyms

• (person who is very old): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
• (person who lived in ancient times): antique
• (predecessor): antecessor, forerunner; see also Thesaurus:predecessor

Etymology 2

Corruption of ensign.

Noun

ancient (plural ancients)

1. (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     I got all things ready as he had directed, and waited the next morning with the boat washed clean, her ancient and pendants out, and everything to accommodate his guests..

2. (obsolete, rare) the bearer of a flag; ensign

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [2]
• ancient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ancient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ancient at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cantine, catenin, enactin

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bu/
• Hyphenation: a?bu

Noun

ábu m 

1. maternal uncle (brother of one's mother)
2. maternal grandfather (father of one's mother)
3. male descendant of one's mother's tribe

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “àbu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN

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 *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abu

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Baoule

Noun

abu

1. turtle

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abú

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Gothic

Romanization

abu

1. Romanization of ????????????

Hausa

Noun

àbù m (feminine àb?, plural ab?buw??, possessed form àbin)

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

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay abu, from Classical Malay abu, from Proto-Malayic *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abu/

Noun

abu (first-person possessive abuku, second-person possessive abumu, third-person possessive abunya)

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

   Synonym: debu

Verb

abu

1. to have defeat.

   Synonym: kalah

Synonyms

• (ash, dust) debu, duli

Affixed terms

Derived terms

• abu-abu
• berabu

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (?ab?, “father”). Doublet of aba, abi, and abbas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abu/

Noun

abu (plural abu-abu, first-person possessive abuku, second-person possessive abumu, third-person possessive abunya)

1. father

   Synonyms: ayah, bapak

Further reading

• “abu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Indonesian Index

Japanese

Romanization

abu

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

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 *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abú

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

Noun

abu (genitive avun, partitive abuu)

1. help

Derived terms

Latvian

Pronoun

abu

1. genitive plural masculine form of abi
2. genitive plural feminine form of abi

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• abudu

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *abo? (“both”), alongside Latvian abi, Old Prussian ab?i and Proto-Slavic *oba. Frequently linked with Sanskrit ?? (ubhá-), Gothic ???????????? (bai). Due to the anlaut of these words a connection with Latin ambo (“both”) and Ancient Greek ???? (amphó, “both, facing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?n?t-b?oh? (“on both sides”) has proven problematic. Cf. Proto-Indo-European *h?entí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b?/

Adverb

abù m (feminine abì) stress pattern 3

1. both

Declension

As with dù, dvì (“two”):

Derived terms

Further reading

• abu in Lietuvi? kalbos žodynas, lkz.lt

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

Noun

abu

1. help

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *habu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abu/
• Rhymes: -abu, -bu, -u

Noun

abu (Jawi spelling ????, plural abu-abu, informal 1st possessive abuku, impolite 2nd possessive abumu, 3rd possessive abunya)

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Synonyms

• debu / ????
• duli / ?????
• lebu / ????

Derived terms

• abu-abu / ?????
• berabu / ??????
• kelabu / ?????? (“grey”)
• mengabu / ??????

Descendants

Further reading

• “abu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Nyishi

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *bo.

Noun

abu

1. father

Sakizaya

Noun

abu

1. ash

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

Noun

abu

1. help, assistance, aid

Inflection

Derived terms

• valdkundanabu

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????????, ??????, ??????????, ??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yakan

Noun

abu

1. ash

Yogad

Noun

abú

1. ash