aba-aba

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃꦲꦧꦃ (abah-abah, “tool, instrument”), from Old Javanese abah-abah (“harness”).^[1]

aba-aba

1. tool

   Synonyms: alat, pekakas, peranti

2. furniture

   Synonym: perabotan

• Batten, C. J. (1868) “Aba-aba”, in De djoeroe basa Betawi: Eenvoudige Bataviaasch-Maleische woordenverzameling [The Betawi translator: A simple Batavian-Malay word collection] (in Dutch), Batavia: H. M. van Dorp, page 1

Reduplication of aba (“length”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈʔaba/ [ʔa.baˈʔa.ba]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: a‧ba-a‧ba

aba-aba (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜠᜪ)

1. oval

Reduplication of aba (“exclamation of surprise”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaʔaˈba/ [ʔa.ba.ʔaˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ba-a‧ba

aba-abá (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜠᜪ)

1. an exclamation of wonder

   Synonym: aba

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦲꦧ (aba-aba, “verbal command”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌaba ˈaba/ [ˌa.ba ˈa.ba]

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• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: a‧ba-a‧ba

aba-aba

1. command

   Synonym: perintah

aba-aba (active mengaba-aba, passive diaba-aba)

1. (transitive) to command (to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority)

• “aba-aba” 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.

aba-aba

1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦲꦧ

Borrowed from Indonesian aba-aba, from Javanese ꦲꦧꦲꦧ (aba-aba, “verbal command”).

• IPA^(key): [a.ba a.ba]

aba-aba (Jawi spelling اب٢)

1. (Indonesia) alternative form of aba

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