ꦒꦧꦃ

Javanese

gabah

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese gabah, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaʔ (“paddy”). Compare Temiar baa (“rice plants, husked rice”), Semai ba (“rice”), Proto-Khasian *kba (“paddy rice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡabah/
• Rhymes: -bah, -ah, -ah
• Hyphenation: ga‧bah

Noun

ꦒꦧꦃ (gabah)

1. (agriculture) unhusked rice.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: gabah (“unhusked rice”)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “gabah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN