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Dibabawon Manobo
Noun
abangan
- door; doorway
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: abang‧an
Etymology 1
Probably cognate of Tagalog abangan (“ambush”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
abangan (first-person possessive abanganku, second-person possessive abanganmu, third-person possessive abangannya)
- gutter.
Etymology 2
Affixed abang (“red”) + -an, from Javanese ꦲꦧꦔꦤ꧀ (abangan).
Noun
abangan (first-person possessive abanganku, second-person possessive abanganmu, third-person possessive abangannya)
- abangan: Javanese Muslim who practice a much more syncretic version of Islam than the more orthodox santri.
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
abangan
- Romanization of ꦲꦧꦔꦤ꧀
Malay
Etymology
Affixed abang + -an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₂.
Pronunciation
Noun
abangan (Jawi spelling ابڠن, informal 1st possessive abanganku, 2nd possessive abanganmu, 3rd possessive abangannya)
- a gutter or water conduit (of split areca stem).
Further reading
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
Tagalog
Etymology
From abang + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
ábángan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅᜈ᜔)
- place where one waits (for something or someone)
- Synonym: hintayan
- place for ambush
- Synonyms: abatan, harangan
Verb
abangán (complete inabangan, progressive inaabangan, contemplative aabangan, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅᜈ᜔)
- to wait and watch (for something or someone)
- Synonyms: bantayan, hintayin
- (by extension) to stay tuned
Abangan ang susunod na kabanata!- Stay tuned for the next chapter!
- to be on the alert for; to wait for an opportune time
- to ambush; to waylay
- Synonyms: abatan, harangan
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for abangan
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