ribu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu.

ribu

1. thousand

Compare Indonesian ribu, Malay ribu.

ribu

1. thousand

• riboe (1901–1947)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈribu/ [ˈri.bu]

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• Rhymes: -ibu
• Syllabification: 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.

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

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ribu (Jawi spelling ريبو)

1. thousand

• Indonesian: ribu
• → Bikol Central: ribo
• → Cebuano: libo
• → Hiligaynon: libo
• → Kapampangan: libu
• → Tagalog: libo

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 192, theorized late enough to be borrowed from Arabic رِبْوَة (ribwa) which meant “myriad” in reference to a currency

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]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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

ribu

1. thousand