embus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
embus (third-person singular simple present embusses, present participle embussing, simple past and past participle embussed)
- to put (troops) onto a bus
- to board a bus
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Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
embus (genitive embuse, partitive embust)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hembus (nonstandard)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Malay embus, from Classical Malay همبوس (hembus), همبوس (embus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qembus (“blow hard; snort, pant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
embus
- to blow (air).
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “embus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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