tebu

See also: Tebu

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *a-pwaʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *paʔ (“father”).

Pronunciation

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /tɯ˥.puʔ˥/, [tə˥.puʔ˥]

Noun

tebu

1. (Chungli) father

Derived terms

• Kibuba
• kibur
• kinungpu
• obu
• tebutsü

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 101, 187
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 41
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 119

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təbu (compare Malay tebu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Chamorro tupu, Fijian dovu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təbu/
• Hyphenation: te‧bu

Noun

tebu

1. sugar cane (species of grass)

Synonyms

• galagah

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təbu (compare Malay tebu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Chamorro tupu, Fijian dovu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təbu/
• Hyphenation: te‧bu

Noun

tebu

1. sugar cane (species of grass)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tebu, from Proto-Malayic *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈbu/ [t̪əˈbu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: te‧bu

Noun

tebu (plural tebu-tebu)

1. sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)

Derived terms

• bertebu-tebu
• bertebu-tebukan
• menebu-nebu
• tebu-tebu

Further reading

• “tebu”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

tebu

1. romanization of ꦠꦼꦧꦸ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (compare Chamorro tupu, Fijian dovu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təbu/
• Rhymes: -əbu, -bu, -u

Noun

tebu (Jawi spelling تبو, plural tebu-tebu or tebu²)

1. sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)

Further reading

• "tebu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Marshallese

Etymology

From Japanese でぶ (debu).

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [tˠeːbˠu], (enunciated) [tˠe pˠu]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠejpˠiw/
• Bender phonemes: {tȩybiw}

Adjective

tebu

1. fat
2. overweight
3. obese

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.bu]

Verb

tebu

1. (intransitive) to jump
2. (intransitive) to rebound, ricochet

Conjugation

Conjugation of tebu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totebu	fotebu	mitebu
2nd person		notebu	nitebu
3rd person	masculine	otebu	itebu yotebu (archaic)
	feminine	motebu
	neuter	itebu

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh