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Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 拗蠻／拗蛮 (áu-bân, “stubborn and unreasonable person”).
Noun
auwban
- bad person
- kan djadi auwban begitoe?[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Tjoe Bou San (1907) Pembalesan Kedji (in Peranakan Indonesian), Sin Po, page 52