embus

English

Etymology

From em- +‎ bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbʌs/, /ɪmˈbʌs/
• Rhymes: -ʌs

Verb

embus (third-person singular simple present embusses, present participle embussing, simple past and past participle embussed)

1. to put (troops) onto a bus
2. to board or get on a bus

Antonyms

• debus

Anagrams

• sebum

Estonian

Etymology

From embama +‎ -us.

Noun

embus (genitive embuse, partitive embust)

1. hug

Declension

Declension of embus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		embus	embused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	embuse
genitive			embuste
partitive		embust	embuseid
illative		embusesse	embustesse embuseisse
inessive		embuses	embustes embuseis
elative		embusest	embustest embuseist
allative		embusele	embustele embuseile
adessive		embusel	embustel embuseil
ablative		embuselt	embustelt embuseilt
translative		embuseks	embusteks embuseiks
terminative		embuseni	embusteni
essive		embusena	embustena
abessive		embuseta	embusteta
comitative		embusega	embustega

Declension of embus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		embus	embused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	embuse
genitive			embuste
partitive		embust	embusi
illative		embusse embusesse	embustesse embusisse
inessive		embuses	embustes embusis
elative		embusest	embustest embusist
allative		embusele	embustele embusile
adessive		embusel	embustel embusil
ablative		embuselt	embustelt embusilt
translative		embuseks	embusteks embusiks
terminative		embuseni	embusteni
essive		embusena	embustena
abessive		embuseta	embusteta
comitative		embusega	embustega

Synonyms

• kallistus

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• hembus (proscribed by KBBI)

Etymology

Deaspirated from hembus. Inherited from Malay hembus, from Classical Malay همبوس (hembus), from Proto-Malayic *həmbus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qəmbus (“blow hard; snort, pant”). Standardised by Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əmˈbus/ [əmˈbʊs]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: em‧bus

Noun

êmbus

1. blow, gust

   Synonym: embusan

Verb

êmbus

1. (intransitive) to blow (to produce an air current)

   Synonym: mengembus

2. (intransitive) to exhale

Derived terms

• berembus (“to blow; to exhale; aspirated”)
• embusan (“blow, gust; exhalation; aspiration”)
• embuskan (“to blow; to exhale; to aspirate”)
• nirembus (“unaspirated”)
• pengembus (“blower”)
• pengembusan (“blowing; exhalation; aspiration”)

Further reading

• “embus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qembus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI