ꦧꦧꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bu/
• Rhymes: -bu
• Hyphenation: ba‧bu

Noun

ꦧꦧꦸ (babu)

1. (archaic) mother

   Synonym: ꦧꦶꦪꦸꦁ (biyung)

2. female nanny, female sitter
3. assistant

Derived terms

• ꦩ꧀ꦧꦧꦸ (mbabu)

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: baboe
• → Brunei Malay: babu
• → Malay: babu
  • Indonesian: babu
• → Peranakan Indonesian: babu

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “babu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN