aba-aba

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Hanunoo

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Etymology 1

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Reduplication of aba (length).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔabaˈʔaba/ [ʔa.baˈʔa.ba]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: a‧ba-a‧ba

Noun

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aba-aba (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜠᜪ)

  1. oval

Etymology 2

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Reduplication of aba (exclamation of surprise).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔabaʔaˈba/ [ʔa.ba.ʔaˈba]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧ba-a‧ba

Interjection

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aba-abá (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜠᜪ)

  1. an exclamation of wonder
    Synonym: aba
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦲꦧ (aba-aba, verbal command).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa.baˈ(ʔ)a.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aba, -ba, -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧a‧ba

Noun

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aba-aba

  1. command
    Synonym: perintah

Verb

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aba-aba (active mengaba-aba, passive diaba-aba, perfective passive teraba-aba)

  1. (transitive) to command (to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority)

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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aba-aba

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦲꦧ

Malay

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Noun

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aba-aba (Jawi spelling اب٢, plural aba-aba-aba-aba, informal 1st possessive aba-abaku, 2nd possessive aba-abamu, 3rd possessive aba-abanya)

  1. (Indonesia) command, order