ꦲꦧꦃ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bah/
• Rhymes: -bah
• Hyphenation: a‧bah

Etymology 1

inherited from Old Javanese abah (“harness”).

Noun

ꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah)

1. tool, instrument
2. saddle

Derived terms

• ꦔꦧꦃꦲꦧꦲꦶ (ngabah-abahi)
• ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah)
• ꦲꦧꦲꦤ꧀ (abahan)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: abah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese ᮃᮘᮂ (abah), from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Noun

ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)

1. (Serang) father

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “abah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN