abah-abah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of abah, inherited from Malay abah-abah, from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah, “tool, instrument”), from Old Javanese abah-abah (“harness”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
abah-abah (first-person possessive abah-abahku, second-person possessive abah-abahmu, third-person possessive abah-abahnya)
Adjective edit
abah-abah
Further reading edit
- “abah-abah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
abah-abah
- Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abah-abah (Jawi spelling ابه٢, plural abah-abah-abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abah-abahku, 2nd possessive abah-abahmu, 3rd possessive abah-abahnya)
- tool on cows or horses to pull something
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: abah-abah
References edit
- “abah-abah” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 2.
Further reading edit
- “abah-abah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of abah.
Noun edit
abah-abah
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "abah-abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
abah-abah
- Romanization of ᮃᮘᮂ-ᮃᮘᮂ