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• IPA(key): /aˈbur/ [ʔʌˈbʊɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧bur

Abur (1).

abúr m (plural aburwá f or awrá f)

1. bull, ox

Abur (2).

abúr m (plural abuuritté f)

1. deserted house

• abuurusé

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “abur”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

• abure

• aburu — alternative spelling

Akin to Romanian abur, Albanian avull, dialectal Greek άμπρος (ámpros), άμπουρους (ámpourous) of unclear origin, though most often derived from Albanian, see there for more.

abur m (plural aburi)

1. steam, vapor

• aburedz

• aburescu

• aburos

• Cunia (2010), page 7b: “abur”

• Dasoulas (2013), page 23a: “ábure”

• Vrabie (2000), page 644: “steam” → “ábur”, page 714: “vapor” → “ábur”

• DIARO (1997), page 5: “abur” → “aburu”

• Papahagi DDAGE, page 100: “ábur”

• Nikolaidis (1909), page 36: “άμπουρου”

• Dalametra (1906), page 1a: “áburi”

• Mihăileanu (1901), page 3a: “áburŭ”

Attested since 1807. Probably borrowed from Basque agur.

• IPA(key): [aˈβuɾ]

abur

1. bye
   • 1807, Ramón Mariño, editor, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:
     Pois abur hastra a primeira
     Then bye, till next time we meet

• aburiño
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abur”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abur”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• IPA(key): [ˈabur]
• Rhymes: -abur
• Hyphenation: a‧bur

abur

1. chaos

Inherited from Malay abur, from Classical Malay ابور (abur), from Javanese ꦲꦮꦸꦂ (awur, “to do haphazardly or without basis”), and Old Javanese awur (“confused, mixed up together, hard to distinguish clearly”). Doublet of abor and awur.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈabur/ [ˈa.bʊr]
• Rhymes: -abur
• Syllabification: a‧bur

abur (comparative lebih abur, superlative paling abur)

1. (rare) wasteful, extravagant, prodigal
   Synonym: boros

• mengabur

• pengabur

• awur

• kabur

• “abur”, 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

abur

1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦸꦂ

abur

• IPA(key): /abur/

abur

1. swamp

• tabur
• Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “abur”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 7

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦮꦸꦂ (awur, “to do haphazardly or without basis”), and Old Javanese awur (“confused, mixed up together, hard to distinguish clearly”). Doublet of awur.

• IPA(key): /abur/
  • (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA(key): [a.bo(r)]
  • (Standard Literary) IPA(key): [a.bʊ(r)]
• Rhymes: -bur, -ur
• Hyphenation: a‧bur

abur (active mengabur, 3rd person passive diabur)

1. (transitive) to waste something
   Synonym: bazir

• pengabur

• "abur" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [_Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)_] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• avar, afar, auuar, avur, afur, avor, avir, aver, avar, abo

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

abur

1. however

abur

1. but

• Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Either from Old Albanian *abul (compare modern avull)[1][2] or cognate to it as a substrate word; less likely from Latin albulus or an alteration of vapor.[3]

• IPA(key): /ˈa.bur/

abur m (plural aburi)

1. steam, vapor
2. thin fog
3. a gentle breeze

• vapor
• adiere
• boare
• briză

1. ^ The template Template:R:sq:Meyer:1891 does not use the parameter(s):
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2. ^ André Du Nay, The Origins of the Rumanians (1977; reprint, Buffalo, NY: Matthias Corvinus, 1996), 81.
3. ^ “abur”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

abur

1. scatter

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 20.
• IPA(key): /aˈbuɾ/ [aˈβ̞uɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bur

abur

1. alternative form of agur

• “abur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025