rubah

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ru‧bah

Etymology 1

From Malay rubah.

Noun

rubah (plural rubah-rubah)

  1. fox (Vulpes vulpes).

Etymology 2

Rebracketing of forms like berubah (ber- +‎ ubah) as (be- +‎ rubah). Originally from Sanskrit उभा (ubhā, “to erect”). Probably inherited from Malay. Occurred in some Malay dialects.

Verb

rubah (root imperative rubah, active transitive merubah, active intransitive berubah, ordinary passive dirubah, adversative passive terubah)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ubah (“to change”).

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Persian روباه (rubâh), from Middle Persian lwpʾh (rōbāh, “fox”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *laupāća, diminutive of *laupi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

Noun

rubah (Jawi spelling روبه, plural rubah-rubah, informal 1st possessive rubahku, 2nd possessive rubahmu, 3rd possessive rubahnya)

  1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    Synonym: musang
Descendants
  • Indonesian: rubah

Etymology 2

Rebracketing of berubah (ber- +‎ ubah) as (be- +‎ rubah ). Originally from Sanskrit उभा (ubhā, “to erect”).

Verb

rubah (Jawi spelling روبه)

  1. (archaic) to change
    Synonyms: tukar, ubah
    Buku ini telah merubah hidupku.
    This book has changed my life.
Derived terms

Further reading

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