abah

Betawi

Alternative forms

• aba, abè (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese abah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abah/
• Rhymes: -ah
• Hyphenation: a‧bah

Noun

abah (Arab Gundul spelling ابه)

1. father (male parent)

   Synonyms: abi, baba, bapa', empé', papa, walid

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “abah”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 1

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabah/ [ˈa.bah]
• Rhymes: -abah
• Syllabification: a‧bah

Etymology 1

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

Noun

abah (plural abah-abah)

1. (chiefly obsolete) direction

   Synonym: tujuan

Derived terms

• mengabahkan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay abah. Doublet of aba. False cognate of Arabic أَب (ʔab, “father”), آباء (ʔābāʔ, “fathers”).

Noun

abah (plural abah-abah)

1. (dialectal) synonym of ayah (“father”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Gayo [Term?].

Noun

abah (plural abah-abah)

1. (dialect) a notch as a marker on a tree trunk to be cut (usually on the part of the tree trunk that is leaning or a marker for which direction the tree being cut will fall)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Malay abah (Riau Malay), from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃ (abah, “tool, instrument; saddle”), from Old Javanese abah (“harness”).

Noun

abah (plural abah-abah)

1. alternative form of abah-abah
2. (dialect) decoration worn on a riding horse (as on a hansom)

Derived terms

• abah-abah

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Balinese [Term?].

Noun

abah (plural abah-abah)

1. (dialect) habit

   Synonym: kebiasaan

2. (dialect) disposition

   Synonym: pembawaan

Further reading

• “abah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

abah

1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ

Malay

Alternative forms

• aba, bah

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈabah/ [ˈʔa.bah]

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• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah
• Hyphenation: a‧bah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *abah, an alternative form of *aba. Doublet of aba. False cognate of Arabic أَب (ʔab, “father”), آباء (ʔābāʔ, “fathers”).

Noun

abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah or abah²)

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.)

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Descendants

• > Indonesian: abah (inherited)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah or abah²)

1. direction

   Synonyms: arah, tuju

Derived terms

Affixations

• abahkan
• mengabah

Descendants

• > Indonesian: abah (inherited)

Further reading

• "abah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Root

abah

1. harness

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)
  • → Indonesian: abah

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Noun

abah (Sundanese script ᮃᮘᮂ)

1. father (male parent)

Descendants

• → Betawi: abah
• → Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)