apu

See also: APU and apu-

Batui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapu/

Noun

apu

1. fire

Further reading

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

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Borong

Noun

apu

1. water

References

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

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Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

apu

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

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Finnish

(index ap)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑpu]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

Noun

apu

1. help

   Apua! — Help!

   jonkin avulla — with the help of something, using something

2. assistance
3. helping hand
4. service
5. remedy
6. aid
7. support
8. relief
9. rescue
10. (as a modifier in compound words) auxiliary, additional, accessory

    apukone — auxiliary engine

Declension

Inflection of apu (Kotus type 1/valo, p-v gradation)
nominative		apu	avut
genitive		avun	apujen
partitive		apua	apuja
illative		apuun	apuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		apu	avut
accusative	nom.	apu	avut
	gen.	avun
genitive		avun	apujen
partitive		apua	apuja
inessive		avussa	avuissa
elative		avusta	avuista
illative		apuun	apuihin
adessive		avulla	avuilla
ablative		avulta	avuilta
allative		avulle	avuille
essive		apuna	apuina
translative		avuksi	avuiksi
instructive		—	avuin
abessive		avutta	avuitta
comitative		—	apuineen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• adjectives: avulias, avuton
• compound nouns: hätäapu, katastrofiapu

• interjections: apua
• verbs: auttaa, avustaa

Related terms

• avu
• avittaa

Anagrams

• -pua

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpu]
• Hyphenation: apu

Noun

apu

1. dad

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	apu	apuk
accusative	aput	apukat
dative	apunak	apuknak
instrumental	apuval	apukkal
causal-final	apuért	apukért
translative	apuvá	apukká
terminative	apuig	apukig
essive-formal	apuként	apukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	apuban	apukban
superessive	apun	apukon
adessive	apunál	apuknál
illative	apuba	apukba
sublative	apura	apukra
allative	apuhoz	apukhoz
elative	apuból	apukból
delative	apuról	apukról
ablative	aputól	apuktól

Possessive forms of apu
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	apum	apuim
2nd person sing.	apud	apuid
3rd person sing.	apuja	apui
1st person plural	apunk	apuink
2nd person plural	aputok	apuitok
3rd person plural	apujuk	apuik

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

apú

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

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Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

apu

1. water

References

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

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Meriam

Noun

apu

1. mother or paternal aunt

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɐpʊ]

Noun

apu

1. stone, rock
2. mountain, hill
3. stone tool

Synonyms

• puḻi

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Saluan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapuː/

Noun

apu

1. fire

Further reading

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

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Uma

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *(h)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

apu

1. fire