abur

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Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈbur/, [ʔʌˈbʊɾ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧bur

Etymology 1[edit]

Abur (1).

Noun[edit]

abúr m (plural aburwá f or awrá f)

  1. bull, ox
Declension[edit]
Declension of abúr
absolutive abúr
predicative abúru
subjective abúr
genitive abúr
Postpositioned forms
l-case abúrul
k-case abúruk
t-case abúrut
h-case abúruh

Etymology 2[edit]

Abur (2).

Noun[edit]

abúr m (plural abuuritté f)

  1. deserted house
Declension[edit]
Declension of abúr
absolutive abúr
predicative abúuru
subjective abúr
genitive abúr
Postpositioned forms
l-case abúurul
k-case abúuruk
t-case abúurut
h-case abúuruh
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Old Albanian *abul (compare modern avull) or cognate to it as a substrate word. Compare Romanian abur.

Noun[edit]

abur m (plural aburi)

  1. steam, vapor

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since 1807. Probably borrowed from Basque agur.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

abur

  1. bye
    • 1807, Ramón Mariño, editor, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:
      Pois abur hastra a primeira
      Then bye, till next time we meet

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Iban[edit]

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Noun[edit]

abur

  1. chaos

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Malay abur, from Classical Malay ابور (abur), from Javanese ꦲꦮꦸꦂ (awur, to do haphazardly or without basis), and Old Javanese awur (confused, mixed up together, hard to distinguish clearly). Doublet of abor and awur.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈabʊr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -abʊr, -bʊr, -ʊr, -r
  • Hyphenation: abur

Adjective[edit]

abur

  1. wasteful, extravagant, prodigal.
    Synonym: boros

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Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

abur

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦸꦂ

Lun Bawang[edit]

abur

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

abur

  1. A swamp

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Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb[edit]

abur

  1. however

Conjunction[edit]

abur

  1. but

References[edit]

  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from Old Albanian *abul (compare modern avull)[1][2] or cognate to it as a substrate word; less likely from Latin albulus or an alteration of vapor.[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

abur m (plural aburi)

  1. steam, vapor
  2. thin fog
  3. a gentle breeze

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “avuł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 21
  2. ^ André Du Nay, The Origins of the Rumanians (1977; reprint, Buffalo, NY: Matthias Corvinus, 1996), 81.
  3. ^ abur in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈbuɾ/ [aˈβ̞uɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧bur

Interjection[edit]

abur

  1. Alternative form of agur

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