abah
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Malay abah (“direction”). Doublet of aba.
Noun
[edit]abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]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
[edit]abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Romanization
[edit]abah
- Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)
- father (male parent)
- (slang, informal) a popular leader.
- (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)
- 2021, Harakah Daily[1]
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: abah
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]abah (plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: abah
Further reading
[edit]- “abah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Root
[edit]abah
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]abah
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/bah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/bah/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian dated terms
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/abah
- Rhymes:Malay/abah/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/bah
- Rhymes:Malay/bah/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/ah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah/2 syllables
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay doublets
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay slang
- Malay informal terms
- Malaysian Malay
- ms:Politics
- Malay terms with quotations
- Old Javanese lemmas
- Old Javanese roots
- Sundanese non-lemma forms
- Sundanese romanizations