wabah
Indonesian
Etymology
From earlier wabak, from Malay wabak, wabah, from Classical Malay وابق (wabak), وابه (wabah), from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ, “epidemic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈwabah]
- Hyphenation: wa‧bah
Noun
wabah (first-person possessive wabahku, second-person possessive wabahmu, third-person possessive wabahnya)
Alternative forms
- wabak (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- mewabah
Further reading
- “wabah” 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.
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