ꦒꦧꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese gabah, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaʔ (“paddy”). Compare Temiar baa (“rice plants, husked rice”), Semai ba (“rice”), Proto-Khasian *kba (“paddy rice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡabah/
  • Rhymes: -bah, -ah, -ah
  • Hyphenation: ga‧bah

Noun

ꦒꦧꦃ (gabah)

  1. (agriculture) unhusked rice.

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: gabah (“unhusked rice”)

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “gabah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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