ibu

Clipping of ibuprofen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.bjuː/

ibu (countable and uncountable, plural ibus)

1. (uncommon) ibuprofen

From Malay ibu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪbu]
• Hyphenation: ibu

ibu (plural para ibu, ibu-ibu, first-person possessive ibuku, second-person possessive ibumu, third-person possessive ibunya)

1. mother
   1. a (human) female who has given birth to a baby, who parents an adopted or fostered child, or who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.

      Synonyms: biyung, bunda, emak, embok, ibu, ibunda, ibung, indung, mak, mama, mami, mandeh, mbok, umi

   2. something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
2. madam: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
3. you (very formal)

• bu more often meaning "ma'am".

• “ibu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Javanese ibu.

ibu

1. mother

ibu

1. ash

• IPA^(key): /ibu/

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ibu (Jawi spelling ايبو‎, plural ibu-ibu, informal 1st possessive ibuku, 2nd possessive ibumu, 3rd possessive ibunya)

1. mother

• bu (shortened)
• ibu kunci (“lock”)

• emak

• “ibu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• ipu

From Proto-Germanic *jabai. Compare oba, whence modern German ob.

• IPA^(key): /ibu/

ibu

1. if

See oba.

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

ibu

1. mother

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

ibu

1. thousand

ibu

1. urine