apu

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapu/

apu

1. fire

• David Mead, Edy Pasanda, An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia) (2015)

apu

1. water

• Kaija Olkkonen, Soini Olkkonen, Somba-Siawari (Burum Mindik)—English dictionary (2007) (mentioned in the entry o)

From Pre-Chamorro *ʔapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

apu

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

From Proto-Finnic *apu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑ̝pu]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Hyphenation^(key): apu

apu

1. help, aid, assistance, relief, succour

   Apua! ― Help!

   jonkin avulla ― with the help of something / using something

2. (in expressions) helping hand, one who helps
3. remedy, relief (something that provides a removal of stress or discomfort)
4. (in compounds) auxiliary, additional, accessory

   apukone ― auxiliary engine

• aulis
• avittaa

• “apu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• -pua

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpu]
• Hyphenation: apu
• Rhymes: -pu

apu

1. dad

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	apu	apuk
accusative	aput	apukat
dative	apunak	apuknak
instrumental	apuval	apukkal
causal-final	apuért	apukért
translative	apuvá	apukká
terminative	apuig	apukig
essive-formal	apuként	apukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	apuban	apukban
superessive	apun	apukon
adessive	apunál	apuknál
illative	apuba	apukba
sublative	apura	apukra
allative	apuhoz	apukhoz
elative	apuból	apukból
delative	apuról	apukról
ablative	aputól	apuktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	apué	apuké
non-attributive possessive - plural	apuéi	apukéi

Possessive forms of apu
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	apum	apuim
2nd person sing.	apud	apuid
3rd person sing.	apuja	apui
1st person plural	apunk	apuink
2nd person plural	aputok	apuitok
3rd person plural	apujuk	apuik

• apu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• apu 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 2024).

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognates include Finnish apu and Veps abu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑpu]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑb̥u]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/, [ˈɑb̥u]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

apu

1. Synonym of api
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 109:

     Hää oli prostoist vanhemmist, varraa jäi vanhemmist i suureel vaivaal vanhemman veljän avul sai itsellee obrazovanjan.

     He had simple parents, lost [his] parents early on and with big difficulty with the help of his older brother got himself an education.

Declension of apu (type 4/koivu, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	apu	avut
genitive	avun	appuin, apuloin
partitive	appua	apuja, apuloja
illative	appuu	appui, apuloihe
inessive	avus	avuis, apulois
elative	avust	avuist, apuloist
allative	avulle	avuille, apuloille
adessive	avul	avuil, apuloil
ablative	avult	avuilt, apuloilt
translative	avuks	avuiks, apuloiks
essive	apunna, appuun	apuinna, apuloinna, appuin, apuloin
exessive1)	apunt	apuint, apuloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 2
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 15

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu, from Proto-Austronesian *apu. Compare Ilocano apo, Tagalog apo, Cebuano apu, Malay empu, and Cebuano umpu. Also possibly from Hokkien 阿婆 (a-pô, “paternal grandmother”).

• IPA^(key): (“grandparent”) /ˈapuʔ/ [ˈäː.puʔ]
• IPA^(key): (“grandparent”) /ˈapu/ [ˈäː.pu]
• IPA^(key): (“grandchild”) /əˈpu/ [əˈpu]
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

ápû or ápu

1. grandparent
   1. term of address for one's grandparents
2. term of reference for one's grandmother
3. title added to saint's names

   Apu Lusya

   Saint Lucy

apu

1. grandchild

• Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary‎^[2], University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 June 2021, page 11

Regional variants of apu

North Karelian (Viena)	apu
South Karelian (Tver)	abu

From Proto-Finnic *apu. Cognates include Finnish apu and Veps abu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpu/
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

apu (genitive avun, partitive apuo)

1. (North Karelian) help

Viena Karelian declension of apu (type 1/tyttö, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	apu	avut
genitive	avun	apujen
partitive	apuo	apuja
illative	apuh	apuloih
inessive	avušša	apuloissa
elative	avušta	apuloista
adessive	avulla	apuloilla
ablative	avulta	apuloilta
translative	avukši	apuloiksi
essive	apuna	apuloina
comitative	—	apuloineh
abessive	avutta	apuloitta

Possessive forms of apu
1st person	apuni
2nd person	apuš
3rd person	apuh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “помощь”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

apú

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

From Latin aqua. Compare Romanian apă, Aromanian apã, Istro-Romanian åpe.

apu

1. water

• Theodor Capidan, Dicționar meglenoromân (Megleno-Romanian dictionary)

apu

1. mother or paternal aunt

apu

1. fire

• Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 98

• IPA^(key): [ˈɐpʊ]

apu

1. stone, rock
2. mountain, hill
3. stone tool

• puḻi

Proto-Quechuan *apu

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.pʊ/

apu

1. (archaic) powerful lord
2. an earthly guardian deity, represented by a mountain or which lives atop a mountain.

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapuː/

apu

1. fire

• David Mead, Edy Pasanda, An Initial Appreciation of the Dialect Situation in Saluan and Batui (Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia) (2015)

Borrowed from English apple.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.pu]
• Hyphenation: a‧pu

apu

1. apple
2. apple tree (Malus domestica)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 17

From Proto-Celebic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

apu

1. fire