Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Malay abah (direction). Doublet of aba.

Noun edit

abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)

  1. direction
    Synonym: tujuan
  2. ropes, rig, gear (abah-abah)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Malay abah, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba. Doublet of aba.

Noun edit

abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)

  1. (dated) father

Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

abah

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ

Malay edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba. Doublet of abang.

Noun edit

abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)

  1. father (male parent)
    Synonyms: aba, ayah, bapa, rama
  2. (slang, informal) a popular leader.
  3. (slang, Malaysia, informal, politics) Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
    • 2021, Harakah Daily[1]
      Situasi itu dapat dilihat apabila netizen dan orang ramai meluahkan perasaan mahu Abah (perdana menteri) terus kekal menerajui pentadbiran negara. Kondisi itu dapat dilihat sejak semalam. (This situation can be seen when netizens and the public express the feeling that they want Abah (the prime minister) should continue leading the country's administration. The condition can be seen since yesterday.)
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Descendants edit
  • Indonesian: abah

Etymology 2 edit

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Noun edit

abah (plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)

  1. direction
    Synonyms: arah, tuju
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Indonesian: abah

Further reading edit

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

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Root edit

abah

  1. harness

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • "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

  1. Romanization of ᮃᮘᮂ; father (male parent)