# apu
## Batui
### Etymology

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔapu/

### Noun

apu
* fire

### Further reading

* David Mead, Edy Pasanda, An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia) (2015)

## Borong
### Noun

apu
* water

### References

* Kaija Olkkonen, Soini Olkkonen, Somba-Siawari (Burum Mindik)—English dictionary (2007) (mentioned in the entry o)

## Chamorro
### Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *ʔapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

### Noun

apu
* ash (solid remains of a fire)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑ̝pu]
* Rhymes: -ɑpu
* Hyphenation: apu

### Noun

apu
* help, aid, assistance, relief, succour [with illative ‘with a thing’ or inessive ‘with a task’ or (genitive +) kanssa]
    Apua! ― Help!
    jonkin avulla ― with the help of something / using something
* (in expressions) helping hand, one who helps
* remedy, relief (something that provides a removal of stress or discomfort)
* (in compounds) auxiliary, additional, accessory
    apukone ― auxiliary engine

#### Declension

Possessive forms of apu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apuni
apuni
accusative
nom.
apuni
apuni
gen.
apuni
genitive
apuni
apujeni
partitive
apuani
apujani
inessive
avussani
avuissani
elative
avustani
avuistani
illative
apuuni
apuihini
adessive
avullani
avuillani
ablative
avultani
avuiltani
allative
avulleni
avuilleni
essive
apunani
apuinani
translative
avukseni
avuikseni
abessive
avuttani
avuittani
instructive
comitative
—apuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apusi
apusi
accusative
nom.
apusi
apusi
gen.
apusi
genitive
apusi
apujesi
partitive
apuasi
apujasi
inessive
avussasi
avuissasi
elative
avustasi
avuistasi
illative
apuusi
apuihisi
adessive
avullasi
avuillasi
ablative
avultasi
avuiltasi
allative
avullesi
avuillesi
essive
apunasi
apuinasi
translative
avuksesi
avuiksesi
abessive
avuttasi
avuittasi
instructive
comitative
—apuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apumme
apumme
accusative
nom.
apumme
apumme
gen.
apumme
genitive
apumme
apujemme
partitive
apuamme
apujamme
inessive
avussamme
avuissamme
elative
avustamme
avuistamme
illative
apuumme
apuihimme
adessive
avullamme
avuillamme
ablative
avultamme
avuiltamme
allative
avullemme
avuillemme
essive
apunamme
apuinamme
translative
avuksemme
avuiksemme
abessive
avuttamme
avuittamme
instructive
comitative
—apuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apunne
apunne
accusative
nom.
apunne
apunne
gen.
apunne
genitive
apunne
apujenne
partitive
apuanne
apujanne
inessive
avussanne
avuissanne
elative
avustanne
avuistanne
illative
apuunne
apuihinne
adessive
avullanne
avuillanne
ablative
avultanne
avuiltanne
allative
avullenne
avuillenne
essive
apunanne
apuinanne
translative
avuksenne
avuiksenne
abessive
avuttanne
avuittanne
instructive
comitative
—apuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
apunsa
apunsa
accusative
nom.
apunsa
apunsa
gen.
apunsa
genitive
apunsa
apujensa
partitive
apuaan apuansa
apujaan apujansa
inessive
avussaan avussansa
avuissaan avuissansa
elative
avustaan avustansa
avuistaan avuistansa
illative
apuunsa
apuihinsa
adessive
avullaan avullansa
avuillaan avuillansa
ablative
avultaan avultansa
avuiltaan avuiltansa
allative
avulleen avullensa
avuilleen avuillensa
essive
apunaan apunansa
apuinaan apuinansa
translative
avukseen avuksensa
avuikseen avuiksensa
abessive
avuttaan avuttansa
avuittaan avuittansa
instructive
comitative
—apuineen apuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ammattiapu
* apua
* apuaine
* apuharvennus
* apujoukko
* apukassa
* apukinos
* apukone
* apukoulu
* apukuski
* apukäynnistin
* apulähtö
* apumatti
* apumuisti
* apumuuttuja
* apupaketti
* apupeili
* apupuolue
* apupäätös
* apuraha
* apurahasto
* aputulo
* aputyö
* apuvalmentaja
* apuviiva
* apuvirtakaapeli
* aseapu
* asiantuntija-apu
* asiantuntijanapu
* avunantaja
* avunanto
* avunhuuto
* avunpyyntö
* avunpyytäjä
* avunsaaja
* avuntarjous
* avuntarve
* avuntarvitsija
* elatusapu
* elintarvikeapu
* ensiapu
* hautausapu
* henkilöapu
* huoltoapu
* hätäapu
* itseapu
* katastrofiapu
* kehitysapu
* kodinhoitoapu
* kotiapu
* kriisiapu
* kuolinapu
* köyhäinapu
* lääkärinapu
* materiaaliapu
* naapuriapu
* oikeusapu
* oma apu paras apu
* oma-apuryhmä
* pohjeapu
* ruoka-apu
* sijaisapu
* talkooapu
* talousapu
* tilapäisapu
* työapu
* ulkomaanapu
* vaateapu
* vaatetusapu
* valtionapu
* vetoapu
* virka-apu
* apuinen
* avulias
* avullinen
* avuton
* apulainen
* apuri
* auttaa
* avustaa

#### Related terms

* aulis
* avittaa

### Further reading

* “apu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* -pua

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From apa (“father”) +‎ -u (diminutive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒpu]
* Hyphenation: apu
* Rhymes: -pu

### Noun

apu
* dad

#### Derived terms

* apuka

### Further reading

* apu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* apu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognates include Finnish apu and Veps abu.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑpu]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑb̥u]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑb̥u]
* Rhymes: -ɑpu
* Hyphenation: a‧pu

### Noun

apu
* Synonym of api
** 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 109:Hää oli prostoist vanhemmist, varraa jäi vanhemmist i suureel vaivaal vanhemman veljän avul sai itsellee obrazovanjan.He had simple parents, lost [his] parents early on and with big difficulty with the help of his older brother got himself an education.

#### Derived terms

* apulain
* apusana
* avuttaa
* rantaapu

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 2
* Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 15

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu, from Proto-Austronesian *apu. Compare Ilocano apo, Tagalog apo, Cebuano apu, Malay empu, and Cebuano umpu. Also possibly from Hokkien 阿婆 (a-pô, “paternal grandmother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (“grandparent”) /ˈapuʔ/ [ˈäː.puʔ]
* IPA: (“grandparent”) /ˈapu/ [ˈäː.pu]
* IPA: (“grandchild”) /əˈpu/ [əˈpu]
* Hyphenation: a‧pu

### Noun

ápû or ápu
* grandparent
** term of address for one's grandparents
* term of reference for one's grandmother
* title added to saint's names
    Apu LusyaSaint Lucy

#### See also

* impu
* ingkung
* nunu

### Noun

apu
* grandchild

#### References

* Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary‎, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 June 2021, page 11

## Karelian

Regional variants of apu :
| North Karelian (Viena) | apu |
| South Karelian (Tver) | abu |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognates include Finnish apu and Veps abu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑpu/
* Hyphenation: a‧pu

### Noun

apu (genitive avun, partitive apuo)
* (North Karelian) help

#### Declension
### References

* P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “помощь”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

apú
* grandchild
* grandparent

## Megleno-Romanian
### Etymology

From Latin aqua. Compare Romanian apă, Aromanian apã, Istro-Romanian åpe.

### Noun

apu
* water

### References

* Theodor Capidan, Dicționar meglenoromân (Megleno-Romanian dictionary)

## Meriam
### Noun

apu
* mother or paternal aunt

## Pamona
### Noun

apu
* fire

### References

* Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 98

## Pitjantjatjara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɐpʊ]

### Noun

apu
* stone, rock
* mountain, hill
* stone tool

#### Synonyms

* puḻi

## Ponosakan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ. Cognate of Tagalog apog, Tondano apu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈpu/, [ʔa.ˈpuː]

### Noun

apu
* lime (especially when eaten with betel)

### References

* ↑ J. Akun Danie, F. Rogi Warouw, A. B. G. Rattu, G. Karim Bachmid (1991) Fonologi Bahasa Ponosakan (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Quechua
### Etymology

Proto-Quechuan *apu

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.pʊ/

### Noun

apu
* (archaic) powerful lord
* an earthly guardian deity, represented by a mountain or which lives atop a mountain.

#### Declension
## Saluan
### Etymology

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔapuː/

### Noun

apu
* fire

### Further reading

* David Mead, Edy Pasanda, An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia) (2015)

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English apple.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.pu]
* Hyphenation: a‧pu

### Noun

apu
* apple
* apple tree (Malus domestica)

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 17

## Uma
### Etymology

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

### Noun

apu
* fire