different between elephantine vs abu

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l.?.?fæn.tin/, /?l.?.?fæn.t?n/, /?l.?.?fæn.ta?n/

Adjective

elephantine (comparative more elephantine, superlative most elephantine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants.
   • 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 179:

     This last summer Hanecki had captured Lenin’s imagination with his plans to found a trading company of his own in Europe, or take a partnership in some existing firm and make guaranteed monthly remittances to the Party out of his profits. This was not a Russian pipe dream: every move had been worked out with impressive precision. Kuba hadn’t thought of it himself, it was the brainchild of the elephantine genius Parvus, who had been writing to him from Constantinople. Parvus, once as poor as any other Social Democrat, had gone to Turkey to organize strikes, and now wrote frankly that he had all the money he needed (if rumor was right, he was fabulously wealthy) and that the time had come for the Party too to get rich.

2. Very large.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to elephants): elephantic, elephantlike
• (very large): See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• elephantine epoch
• elephantine leprosy
• elephantine tortoise

Translations

Latin

Adjective

elephantine

1. vocative masculine singular of elephantinus

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