mpu

See also: MPU

Adzera

Noun

mpu

1. (Amari) Synonym of mpui

References

• Joel Bradshaw, Word order change in Papua New Guinea Austronesian languages (1982b, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawai'i), page 60

Mapun

Noun

mpu

1. grandchild

North Watut

Noun

mpu

1. water

References

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Noun

mpu

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

Alternative forms

• pu
• ĕmpu
• ampu

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (mpu), ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦸ (empu)

Further reading

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

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

mpu

1. grandchild

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

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

Numeral

mpu

1. ten