aba-aba

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦲꦧ (aba-aba, verbal command).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.baˈ(ʔ)a.ba/
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  • Rhymes: -aba, -ba, -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧a‧ba

Noun

aba-aba

  1. command
    Synonym: perintah

Verb

aba-aba (active mengaba-aba, passive diaba-aba, perfective passive teraba-aba)

  1. (transitive) to command (to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority)

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

aba-aba

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦲꦧ

Malay

Noun

aba-aba (Jawi spelling اب٢, plural aba-aba-aba-aba, informal 1st possessive aba-abaku, 2nd possessive aba-abamu, 3rd possessive aba-abanya)

  1. (Indonesia) command, order