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Borrowed from Sundanese abah.

abah (Arab Gundul spelling ابه)

  1. father (male parent)
    Synonyms: abi, baba, bapa', empé', papa, walid

Inherited from Malay abah (“direction”). Doublet of aba.

abah (plural **abah-abah)

  1. (chiefly obsolete) direction
    Synonym: tujuan

Inherited from Malay abah. Doublet of aba. False cognate of Arabic أَب (ʔab, “father”), آباء (ʔābāʔ, “fathers”).

abah (plural **abah-abah)

  1. (dialectal) synonym of ayah (“father”)

Borrowed from Gayo [Term?].

abah (plural **abah-abah)

  1. (dialect) a notch as a marker on a tree trunk to be cut (usually on the part of the tree trunk that is leaning or a marker for which direction the tree being cut will fall)

Borrowed from Malay abah (Riau Malay), from Javanese ꦲꦧꦃ (abah, “tool, instrument; saddle”), from Old Javanese abah (“harness”).

abah (plural **abah-abah)

  1. alternative form of abah-abah
  2. (dialect) decoration worn on a riding horse (as on a hansom)

Borrowed from Balinese [Term?].

abah (plural **abah-abah)

  1. (dialect) habit
    Synonym: kebiasaan
  2. (dialect) disposition
    Synonym: pembawaan

abah

  1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *abah, an alternative form of *aba. Doublet of aba. False cognate of Arabic أَب (ʔab, “father”), آباء (ʔābāʔ, “fathers”).

abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural **abah-abah or **abah2)

  1. father (male parent)
    Synonyms: aba, ayah, bapa, rama
  2. (slang, informal) a popular leader.
  3. (slang, Malaysia, informal, politics) Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
    • 2021, Harakah Daily[1]
      Situasi itu dapat dilihat apabila netizen dan orang ramai meluahkan perasaan mahu Abah (perdana menteri) terus kekal menerajui pentadbiran negara. Kondisi itu dapat dilihat sejak semalam. (This situation can be seen when netizens and the public express the feeling that they want Abah (the prime minister) should continue leading the country's administration. The condition can be seen since yesterday.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural **abah-abah or **abah2)

  1. direction
    Synonyms: arah, tuju

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

abah

  1. harness

Perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

abah (Sundanese script ᮃᮘᮂ)

  1. father (male parent)