mpu

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Adzera[edit]

Noun[edit]

mpu

  1. (Amari) Synonym of mpui

References[edit]

Mapun[edit]

Noun[edit]

mpu

  1. grandchild

North Watut[edit]

Noun[edit]

mpu

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu. Cognate with Toba Batak ompu, Malay perempuan.

Noun[edit]

mpu

  1. a distinguished person
  2. religious persons (brahmans and others)
  3. sir, master, lord
  4. the honorable or reverend

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Javanese: ꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (mpu)

Further reading[edit]

  • "mpu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pangutaran Sama[edit]

Noun[edit]

mpu

  1. grandchild

West Coast Bajau[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *puluq.

Numeral[edit]

mpu

  1. ten