abah-abah

Indonesian

Etymology

Reduplication of abah, inherited from Malay abah-abah, from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah, “tool, instrument”), from Old Javanese abah-abah (“harness”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. ropes, rig
2. gear, equipment
3. (Java) decorated cloth

Adjective

abah-abah

1. (Java) very wide, spacious.

Further reading

• “abah-abah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

abah-abah

1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.bah.a.bah]
• Hyphenation: a‧bah‧a‧bah
• Rhymes: -bah

Noun

abah-abah (Jawi spelling ابه٢, plural abah-abah-abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abah-abahku, 2nd possessive abah-abahmu, 3rd possessive abah-abahnya)

1. tool on cows or horses to pull something

Descendants

• Indonesian: abah-abah

References

• “abah-abah” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 2.

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Reduplication of abah.

Noun

abah-abah

1. harness

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah)
  • → Indonesian: abah-abah (semantic loan)
  • >? Malay: abah-abah
    • Indonesian: abah-abah
  • >? Sundanese: ᮃᮘᮂ-ᮃᮘᮂ (abah-abah)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

abah-abah

1. Romanization of ᮃᮘᮂ-ᮃᮘᮂ