dabat

Atong (India)

Etymology

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Postposition

dabat

1. until, since, from

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Latin

Verb

dabat

1. third-person singular imperfect active indicative of dō

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic دَابَّة (dābba).

Noun

dabat (Jawi spelling دابة, plural dabat-dabat)

1. (archaic) animal

Further reading

• “dabat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.