abah

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bah/
• Rhymes: -bah
• Hyphenation: a‧bah

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

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

1. direction

   Synonym: tujuan

2. ropes, rig, gear (abah-abah)

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.

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

1. (dated) father

• “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.

abah

1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ

• aba, bah

• IPA^(key): /abah/
• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah

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.

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

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

     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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• → Indonesian: abah

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

1. direction

   Synonyms: arah, tuju

• → Indonesian: abah

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

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abah

1. harness

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

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

abah

1. Romanization of ᮃᮘᮂ; father (male parent)