abah-abah

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Reduplication of abah, inherited from Malay abah-abah, from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah, “tool, instrument”), from Old Javanese abah-abah (“harness”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === abah-abah (plural abah-abah) ropes, rig gear, equipment (Java) decorated cloth === Adjective === abah-abah (comparative lebih abah-abah, superlative paling abah-abah) (Java) very wide, spacious === Further reading === “abah-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-abah romanization of ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah, “tool, instrument”), from Old Javanese abah-abah (“harness”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [a.bah.ʔa.bah] Rhymes: -bah, -ah === Noun === abah-abah (Jawi spelling ابه٢, uncountable) ropes, rig gear, equipment ==== Compounds ==== ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: abah-abah === References === “abah-abah”, in Kamus Dewan Perdana (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2020, →ISBN, page 2 === Further reading === "abah-abah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Reduplication of abah. === Noun === abah-abah harness ==== Descendants ==== Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah)→ Betawi: aba-aba→ Indonesian: abah-abah (semantic loan)>? Malay: abah-abahIndonesian: abah-abah>? Sundanese: ᮃᮘᮂ-ᮃᮘᮂ (abah-abah) === Further reading === "abah-abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Sundanese == === Noun === abah-abah (Sundanese script ᮃᮘᮂ-ᮃᮘᮂ) goods, chattels, effects; gear, tackle === References === “Abah-abah” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 1.