bisu

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbisu/ [ˈbɪsʊ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧su

Noun

bísu m 

1. color

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bisu, from Javanese bisu, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bisu (“mute”).

Adjective

bisu

1. dumb, mute

Further reading

• “bisu”, 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

Javanese

Adjective

bisu

1. dumb, mute

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese bisu, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bisu (“mute”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈbisu/ [ˈbi.su]

Adjective

bisu (comparative lebih bisu, superlative paling bisu)

1. mute; speechless; dumb; unable to speak.

   Sejak kecil dia bisu dan tidak dapat bercakap. ― He has been mute since childhood and cannot speak.

2. silent; wordless; not speaking.

   Mereka bisu kerana terkejut dengan berita itu. ― They were speechless after hearing the news.

Noun

bisu (plural bisu-bisu or bisu²)

1. a person who is mute or unable to speak.

   Sekolah khas disediakan untuk golongan bisu dan pekak. ― Special schools are provided for the mute and the deaf.

Synonyms

• diam (“quite”)
• pekak (“deaf”)
• pekak bisu (“deaf-mute”)

Antonyms

• bercakap
• berkata

Derived terms

Affixations

• kebisuan
• membisu
• membisukan
• pembisu

Compounds

• bisu tuli
• pekak bisu

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bizu

Etymology

Possibly from visão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zu/

Noun

bisu m (plural bisus)

1. (informal) tip, any detailed information

Further reading

• "bisu" on Dicionário Informal

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bisu/ [bɪˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: bi‧su

Adjective

bisu (Sulat Sūg spelling بِسُ)

1. deaf; mute (unable to hear)

   Synonym: lantak

Derived terms

• mabisul
• magpabisul
• makabisul