# ibu
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of ibuprofen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɪ.bjuː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

ibu (countable and uncountable, plural ibus)
* (uncommon) ibuprofen

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ibuʔ]
* Hyphenation: i‧bu

### Noun

ibu
* aunt; aunty

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay ibu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪbu]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ibu

### Noun

ibu (plural ibu-ibu or para ibu)
* mother
    Synonyms: biyung, bunda, emak, embok, ibu, ibunda, ibung, indung, mak, mama, mami, mandeh, mbok, umi
* mother, something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind
* madam: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
* you (polite)

#### Usage notes

* bu more often meaning "ma'am".

#### 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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

ibu
* Romanization of ꦲꦶꦧꦸ

## Kavalan
### Noun

ibu
* ash

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ibu/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ibu (Jawi spelling ايبو, plural ibu-ibu, informal 1st possessive ibuku, 2nd possessive ibumu, 3rd possessive ibunya)
* mother

#### Derived terms

* bu (shortened)
* ibu kunci (“lock”)
* ibu pejabat (“headquarters”)

#### Descendants

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

### See also

* emak

### Further reading

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

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* ipu

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ibu/

### Conjunction

ibu
* if

#### Descendants

See oba.

#### References

* Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

## 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)).

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* makebu
* mebu

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦲꦶꦧꦸ (ibu) (inherited)
* → Balinese: ᬳᬶᬩᬸ (ibu)
* >? Malay: ibu
** > Indonesian: ibu (inherited)
** → Iban: ibu

### 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

From Proto-Philippine *ʀibu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

### Pronunciation

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

### Numeral

ibu (Sulat Sūg spelling اِبُ)
* thousand

## Yogad
### Noun

ibu
* urine

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bú

#### Alternative forms

* ubú

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.bú/

#### Noun

ibú
* considerable depth and expanse
* (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: /ī.bú/

#### Noun

ibú
* 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: /ì.bú/

#### Noun

ìbú
* breadth, width
    Synonyms: ẹ̀bú, ibò
* horizontalness, horizontality

#### Adjective

ìbú
* horizontal
    Synonym: oníbùú
    Antonyms: òró, ìró
    ìlà ìbúHorizontal 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: /ì.bú/

#### Noun

ìbú
* the act of roaring; (especially) of animals

### Etymology 5

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

#### Alternative forms

* ùbù

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.bù/

#### Noun

ìbù
* the act of chipping of or from some substance
* crack, split

### Etymology 6

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

#### Alternative forms

* ùbu

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.bū/

#### Noun

ìbu
* dustiness