rubah

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrubah/ [ˈru.bah]
• Rhymes: -ubah
• Syllabification: ru‧bah

From Malay rubah., from Persian روباه (rubâh), from Middle Persian lwpʾh (rōbāh, “fox”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *laupāća, diminutive of *laupi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

rubah (plural rubah-rubah)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Rebracketing of forms like berubah (ber- +‎ ubah) as (be- +‎ rubah). Probably inherited from Malay. Cognates with Old Javanese uwah and Javanese owah.

rubah (active merubah, passive dirubah)

1. nonstandard form of ubah (“to change”)

• “rubah” 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.

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

From Persian روباه (rubâh), from Middle Persian lwpʾh (rōbāh, “fox”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *laupāća, diminutive of *laupi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

rubah (Jawi spelling روبه, plural rubah-rubah)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

   Synonym: musang

• Indonesian: rubah

Rebracketing of berubah (ber- +‎ ubah) as (be- +‎ rubah ). Cognates with Old Javanese uwah and Javanese owah.

rubah (Jawi spelling روبه)

1. (archaic) to change

   Synonyms: tukar, ubah

   Buku ini telah merubah hidupku.

   This book has changed my life.

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