Inherited fromOld Frenchabus.
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abus m (invariable)
abus (pluralabus-abus)
abus
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*abus.
abus (Jawi spellingابوس)
abus (Jawi spellingابوس,pluralabus-abus)
abus n
FromOld Frenchabus(“improper use”), fromLatinabūsus(“misused, using up”), perfect active participle ofabūtor, abūtī(“use up, exhaust, consume; waste, squander; misuse, abuse; use improperly”).
abus m (pluralabus)
FromLatinabusus, from the verbabutor(“I misuse, abuse”).
abusoblique singular, m (oblique pluralabus,nominative singularabus,nominative pluralabus)
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