"abon" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: [a.bon] Audio: LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-abon.wav [Malaysia] Forms: ابون [Jawi], abon-abon [plural], abon² [plural]
Rhymes: -bon, -on Etymology: From Javanese ꦲꦧꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (abon, “shredded meat; part time labour; offering”), probably from Old Javanese awu (“ash, powder”) + -an, comparable to abu (“ash”) + -an. Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|jv|ꦲꦧꦺꦴꦤ꧀|t=shredded meat; part time labour; offering|tr=abon}} Javanese ꦲꦧꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (abon, “shredded meat; part time labour; offering”), {{der|ms|kaw|-}} Old Javanese, {{com|kaw|awu|-an|nocap=1|nocat=1|t1=ash, powder}} awu (“ash, powder”) + -an, {{af|ms|abu|-an|t1=ash}} abu (“ash”) + -an Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=ابون}} abon (Jawi spelling ابون, plural abon-abon or abon²)
  1. (cooking) Meat floss.
    Sense id: en-abon-ms-noun-L9NEMKpb Categories (other): Cooking, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 40 6 14 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 5 14 38 2 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Malay terms suffixed with -an: 64 36 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (dialectal, Malacca) A reward. Tags: dialectal Synonyms: habuan
    Sense id: en-abon-ms-noun-XkXs5JEO Categories (other): Malaccan Malay

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for abon meaning in Malay (2.5kB)

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