ribu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

ribu

1. thousand

Compare Indonesian ribu, Malay ribu.

ribu

1. thousand

• riboe (pre-1947)

From Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈribu/, [ˈri.bu]
• Hyphenation: ri‧bu

ribu

1. thousand
2. (colloquial) million (when talking about currency, the Indonesian rupiah)

From Proto-Philippine *ʀibu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

ribu

1. thousand

Akin to Finnish riepu. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

ribu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. rag

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (rivu), in the form sarivu (current spelling seribu). Old Cham cognate form saribu also attested in the Đông Yên Châu inscription of the 4th century.

Also theorized to be late enough to be borrowed from Arabic رِبْوَة (ribwa) which meant “myriad” in reference to a currency.

• IPA^(key): /ribu/
• Rhymes: -ibu, -bu, -u

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ribu (Jawi spelling ريبو)

1. thousand

• seribu

• Indonesian: ríbu

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 192

ribu

1. accusative singular of riba

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ribu

1. fringe (decoration)

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “бахрома”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Philippine *ʀibu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

ribu

1. thousand