auwban

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Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 拗蠻／拗蛮 (áu-bân, “stubborn and unreasonable person”).

Noun

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auwban

  1. bad person
    kan djadi auwban begitoe?[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

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  1. ^ Tjoe Bou San (1907) Pembalesan Kedji (in Peranakan Indonesian), Sin Po, page 52
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