babo in Indonesian

IPA: /ˈba.bo/ Forms: babo-babo [plural], babu [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -bo, -o Etymology: From Malay babu. From Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”), wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”). Compare with Temiar buk (“mother”), Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), Vietnamese vợ (“wife”) and Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ)). Etymology templates: {{inh|id|ms|babu}} Malay babu, {{der|id|jv|ꦧꦧꦸ|lit=mother|t=female servant}} Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), {{der|id|kaw|babu|t=mother; older servant}} Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”), {{der|id|mkh-pro|*(ʔ)boʔ|t=mother}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”), {{cog|tea|buk|t=mother}} Temiar buk (“mother”), {{cog|jhi|baboʔ|t=woman}} Jehai baboʔ (“woman”), {{cog|vi|vợ|t=wife}} Vietnamese vợ (“wife”), {{cog|mnw|ၝောံ|tr=bɜ̀ʔ}} Mon ၝောံ (bɜ̀ʔ) Head templates: {{id-noun}} babo (plural babo-babo)

Verb

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    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Indonesian",
  "lang_code": "id",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to carry in the front"
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba.bo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-bo"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "babo"
}

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    ],
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      "babu",
      "babu#Old_Javanese"
    ],
    [
      "wawuh",
      "wawuh#Old_Javanese"
    ],
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      "*(ʔ)boʔ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/(ʔ)boʔ"
    ],
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      "buk",
      "buk#Temiar"
    ],
    [
      "baboʔ",
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    ],
    [
      "vợ",
      "vợ#Vietnamese"
    ],
    [
      "ၝောံ",
      "ၝောံ#Mon"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "vợ",
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "babo-babo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈba.bo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-bo"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "babo"
}

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        "t": "mother"
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    },
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        "1": "jhi",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Vietnamese vợ (“wife”)",
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"babo" meaning in Indonesian

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