abus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "abus"

Cornish

Verb

abus

  1. inflection of abusya:
    1. second-person singular imperative
    2. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative

French

Etymology

    Inherited from Old French abus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.by/
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    Noun

    abus m (invariable)

    1. abuse (improper usage)

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Indonesian

    Noun

    abus (plural abus-abus)

    1. little coin

    Latvian

    Pronoun

    abus

    1. accusative plural masculine of abi

    Malay

    Etymology

    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    abus (Jawi spelling ابوس, comparative lebih abus, superlative paling abus)

    1. worthless

    Noun

    abus (Jawi spelling ابوس, plural abus-abus)

    1. the smallest fraction
    2. (historical) a coin used in the past with the lowest value

    Further reading

    • "abus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
      (also see "abus" at PRPM first version)
    • “abus”, in Kamus Etimologi Bahasa Melayu Dewan [The Institute Etymological Dictionary of the Malay Language] (in Malay), 1st edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2024, →ISBN

    Middle Low German

    Noun

    abus n

    1. Something which causes a sensation or a stir; something that astonishes.

    References

    Norman

    Etymology

    From Old French abus (“improper use”), from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor, abūtī (“use up, exhaust, consume; waste, squander; misuse, abuse; use improperly”).

    Noun

    abus m (plural abus)

    1. (Jersey) abuse

    Old French

    Etymology

    From Latin abūsus, from the verb abūtor (“to misuse, abuse”).

    Noun

    abus oblique singular, m (oblique plural abus, nominative singular abus, nominative plural abus)

    1. excess
    2. abuse

    Descendants

    • French: abus, abuser
    • Norman: abuser, abûther
    • → Middle English: abusen

    Spanish

    Noun

    abus m or f

    1. plural of abu

    Tok Pisin

    Etymology

    From English animals.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈabus/

    Noun

    abus

    1. animal
    2. meat
      • 1979, Ellen B. Woolford, Aspects of Tok Pisin Grammar, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, →DOI, →ISBN, page 78:
        Mi katim abus long naip.
        I cut the meat with a knife.
    3. (hunting) game
    4. side-dish
    5. garnish
    6. (figuratively) something that one likes and often has ('having it for breakfast')

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ P. Mühlhäusler (1985), “Etymologising and Tok Pisin”, in S.A. Wurm, P. Mühlhäusler, editors, Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, →DOI, →ISBN, page 187
    2. ^ Suzanne Romaine (1989), “Variation and lexical change in Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea”, in Thomas J. Walsh, editor, Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1988: Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to Language Variation and Change‎[1], Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, →ISBN, page 271
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