Onnibus

Hunsrik

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ônibus, a learned borrowing from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic *opnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɔnipus/
    • Rhymes: -ɔnipus
    • Syllabification: On‧ni‧bus

    Noun

    Onnibus m (plural Onnibus)

    1. bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people)
      Synonym: Buss
      De Onnibus faard um sechs Uhr fort.
      The bus leaves at six o'clock
      Meer sin mim Onnibus komm.
      We came by bus.
      Ich hon nommol de Onnibus ferbassd.
      I missed the bus again.

    References

    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Onnibus”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 120, column 2
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