debus
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See also: debús
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After debark (“to disembark”).
Verb[edit]
debus (third-person singular simple present debusses, present participle debussing, simple past and past participle debussed)
- (chiefly military) To get off a bus.
- 1990, K C Paval, "Indian Army After Independence", New Delhi: Lancer.
- The leading battalion […] arrived in the vicinity of Kushtia around 1400 hours and debussed.
- 1990, K C Paval, "Indian Army After Independence", New Delhi: Lancer.
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to get off a bus
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Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
dêbus (plural debus-debus, first-person possessive debusku, second-person possessive debusmu, third-person possessive debusnya)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dêbus
- empty (of a fishing net)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Malay dabus, from Persian دبوس (dabus, “club, mace; sceptre”).[1]
Noun[edit]
dêbus (plural debus-debus, first-person possessive debusku, second-person possessive debusmu, third-person possessive debusnya)
- martial arts performance in which the players stab themselves with sharp objects, eat shards of glass, cut their tongues, roll over barbed wire, etc.
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading[edit]
- “debus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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