abah

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Etymology 2

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

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

  1. (dated) father

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

abah

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

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
      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.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: abah

Etymology 2

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Noun

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

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

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

abah

  1. harness

Descendants

Further reading

  • "abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Romanization

abah

  1. Romanization of ᮃᮘᮂ; father (male parent)
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