babatan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ˈbat.an/
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: ba‧bat‧an

Etymology 1

Affixed babat (“group, pair”) +‎ -an.

Noun

babatan (plural babatan-babatan, first-person possessive babatanku, second-person possessive babatanmu, third-person possessive babatannya)

1. original heirloom

Etymology 2

Affixed babat (“to clear, to cut away”) +‎ -an.

Noun

babatan (plural babatan-babatan, first-person possessive babatanku, second-person possessive babatanmu, third-person possessive babatannya)

1. something cut or cleared away.

   Synonym: tebasan

Further reading

• “babatan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.