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abah

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.bah/
  • Rhymes: -bah
  • Hyphenation: a‧bah

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay abah (direction). Doublet of aba.

Noun

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abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)

  1. direction
    Synonym: tujuan
  2. ropes, rig, gear (abah-abah)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Malay abah, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba. Doublet of aba.

Noun

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abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)

  1. (dated) father

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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abah

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba. Doublet of abang.

Noun

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abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)

  1. father (male parent)
    Synonyms: aba, ayah, bapa, rama
  2. (slang, informal) a popular leader.
  3. (slang, Malaysia, informal, politics) Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
    • 2021, Harakah Daily[1]
      Situasi itu dapat dilihat apabila netizen dan orang ramai meluahkan perasaan mahu Abah (perdana menteri) terus kekal menerajui pentadbiran negara. Kondisi itu dapat dilihat sejak semalam. (This situation can be seen when netizens and the public express the feeling that they want Abah (the prime minister) should continue leading the country's administration. The condition can be seen since yesterday.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
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  • Indonesian: abah

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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abah (plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)

  1. direction
    Synonyms: arah, tuju
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Indonesian: abah

Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

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abah

  1. harness

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • "abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

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Romanization

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abah

  1. Romanization of ᮃᮘᮂ; father (male parent)