apus

apus

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpuʃ]
• Rhymes: -uʃ
• Hyphenation: apus
• Syllabification: a‧pus

From apa (“father”) +‎ -us (diminutive suffix).

apus

1. dad, daddy

   Synonym: apu

From apu (“father”) +‎ -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix).

apus (comparative apusabb, superlative legapusabb)

1. typical or characteristic of dad/daddy

• apus in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• apus in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Compare Sundanese apus (“easily go out, extinguished (fire)”).

• IPA^(key): /apus/

apus

1. to extinguish; to put an end to
2. to delete

apus

1. breathe for the last time
2. disappear completely

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapus/ [ˈa.pʊs]
• Rhymes: -apus
• Syllabification: a‧pus
• Homophone: Apus

apus

1. alternative form of hapus

Borrowed from Sasak [Term?].

apus (plural apus-apus)

1. a concoction made from rice flour and spices, shaped like small balls, believed to cure stomach aches and postpartum headaches

• “apus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, “footless”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.puːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.pus]

apūs m (genitive apodis); third declension

1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Third-declension noun.

• “apus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “apus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Compare Old Javanese apus (“bond, tie; composition”).

apus

1. literature, book
   • c. late 15th century, Bujangga Manik, folio 14, recto:

     Carek di na apus teya: "Kadyaṅganiṅ riṅ gĕni, lamun padĕkĕt jĕṅ ĕ(n)juk, mu(ṅ)ku buruṅ eta sĕṅĕt. Kitu lanaṅ dĕṅĕn wadon".

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

apus

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of apor

From the past participle of the verb apune (“to fade, set”), from Latin apponere. Was the traditional word for "west", but today vest is used as the standard term. Compare also the descendants of Latin ponens in the Western Romance languages, which developed the meaning of "west".

• IPA^(key): /aˈpus/

apus m or n (feminine singular apusă, masculine plural apuși, feminine/neuter plural apuse)

1. (of celestial bodies) set
2. bygone, dead, vanished

apus n (plural apusuri)

1. (poetic) west
2. sunset

   Synonym: asfințit

3. (figurative) decline

• (west): vest (standard), occident

• (antonym(s) of “west”): răsărit (also somewhat uncommon), est (standard), orient

compass points (native origin): puncte cardinale:  ^[edit]

apus

1. past participle of apune

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔapus/ [ʔɑˈpus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: a‧pus

apus (Sulat Sūg spelling اَفُسْ)

1. gambling