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Indonesian
Etymology
Reduplication of abah, inherited from Malay abah-abah, from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah, “tool, instrument”), from Old Javanese abah-abah (“harness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abah-abah (first-person possessive abah-abahku, second-person possessive abah-abahmu, third-person possessive abah-abahnya)
- ropes, rig
- gear, equipment
- (Java) decorated cloth
Adjective
abah-abah
- (Java) very wide, spacious.
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
abah-abah
- Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
abah-abah (Jawi spelling ابه٢, plural abah-abah-abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abah-abahku, 2nd possessive abah-abahmu, 3rd possessive abah-abahnya)
- tool on cows or horses to pull something
Descendants
References
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
Reduplication of abah.
Noun
abah-abah
- harness
Descendants
Further reading
- "abah-abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese
Romanization
abah-abah
- Romanization of ᮃᮘᮂ-ᮃᮘᮂ