embus

English

Etymology

From em- +‎ bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbʌs/, /ɪmˈbʌs/
• Rhymes: -ʌs

Verb

embus (third-person singular simple present embusses, present participle embussing, simple past and past participle embussed)

1. to put (troops) onto a bus
2. to board a bus

Antonyms

• debus

Anagrams

• sebum

Estonian

Etymology

From embama +‎ -us.

Noun

embus (genitive embuse, partitive embust)

1. hug

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• kallistus

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• hembus (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay embus, from Classical Malay همبوس (hembus), همبوس (embus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qembus (“blow hard; snort, pant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əmˈbʊs]
• Hyphenation: em‧bus

Verb

embus

1. to blow (air).
2. to gust (air).

Derived terms

• berembus
• embusan
• mengembus
• mengembuskan
• pengembus

 

Further reading

• “embus” 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.