mpu

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Adzera

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Noun

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mpu

  1. (Amari) Synonym of mpui

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Mapun

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Noun

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mpu

  1. grandchild

North Watut

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Noun

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mpu

  1. water

References

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

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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

Noun

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mpu

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

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (mpu), ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (empu)

Further reading

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

Pangutaran Sama

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Noun

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mpu

  1. grandchild

West Coast Bajau

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Etymology

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

Numeral

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mpu

  1. ten