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Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.bat/
- Rhymes: -bat
- Hyphenation: ba‧bad
Etymology 1
Unknown, probably from Old Javanese *babad,
Noun
ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad)
- chronicle, history
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Javanese babad (“to clear”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajbaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bajbaj (“loosen, untie, unwrap; unravel; to clear forest”), *-baj (“unravel, untie”).
Verb
ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad)
- to clear land
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “babad”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN