abab

abab

1. hollow tree that has fallen to the ground

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦧ꧀ (abab), from Old Javanese abab (“breathing, exhaling”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *epap (“clap, flap, slap”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈabap̚]
• Hyphenation: abab

abab (first-person possessive ababku, second-person possessive ababmu, third-person possessive ababnya)

1. bad breath, halitosis
2. (dialect) exhale

• “abab” 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.

abab

1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦧ꧀

• IPA^(key): [a.bab]
• Hyphenation: a‧bab
• Rhymes: -bab, -ab

abab (Jawi spelling ابب)

1. (Brunei) to lie (on the stomach)

   Synonym: tiarap

abab (Jawi spelling ابب, plural abab-abab, informal 1st possessive ababku, 2nd possessive ababmu, 3rd possessive ababnya)

1. (Brunei) a type of musical instrument with two or three strings

   Synonym: rebab

• “abab” in Kamus Bahasa Melayu Nusantara Edisi Kedua (‘Nusantara Malay Language Dictionary Second Edition’), Berakas: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei, 2011, →ISBN, page 1.

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abab

1. breath.
2. breathing

• Javanese: ꦲꦧꦧ꧀ (abab)
  • → Indonesian: abab

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

From Middle Irish abb.

abab

1. fie!, pshaw!, oh for shame!

abab m

1. filth, dirt

• ababardaich

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “abab”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN