abangan

Betawi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaŋan/
  • Hyphenation: a‧bang‧an

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Balinese abangan, from abang (gutter, drainpipe) +‎ -an, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₂.

Noun

abangan

  1. rain gutter
Descendants
  • Indonesian: abangan
  • Malay: abangan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese abangan, from abang (red) +‎ -an.

Adjective

abangan (of Muslims)

  1. syncretic; unorthodox
  2. nonpracticing

Further reading

  • Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “abangan”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 1
  • Von de Wall, H. (1877), “ابڠ ābang”, in Maleisch-Nederlandsch woordenboek [Malay-Dutch dictionary], volume I (in Dutch), Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 4:IV. abangan, batav.

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

abangan

  1. door; doorway

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈabaŋ.an]
  • Hyphenation: abang‧an

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Betawi abangan, from Balinese abangan, abang (gutter, drainpipe) +‎ -an, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₂.

Noun

abangan (plural abangan-abangan)

  1. gutter

Etymology 2

Affixed abang (red) +‎ -an, from Javanese ꦲꦧꦔꦤ꧀ (abangan).

Noun

abangan (plural abangan-abangan)

  1. abangan: Javanese Muslim who practice a much more syncretic version of Islam than the more orthodox santri

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

abangan

  1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦔꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Betawi abangan, from Balinese abangan, abang (gutter, drainpipe) +‎ -an, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈabaŋ.an]

Noun

abangan (Jawi spelling ابڠن)

  1. (Batavian Malay) a gutter or water conduit (of split areca stem).

Further reading

  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Tagalog

Etymology

From abang +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˌʔaˈbaŋan/ [ˌʔaːˈbaː.ŋɐn̪] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -aŋan
    • IPA(key): /ʔabaˈŋan/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈŋan̪] (verb)
      • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ngan

Noun

ábángan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅᜈ᜔)

  1. place where one waits (for something or someone)
    Synonym: hintayan
  2. place for ambush
    Synonyms: abatan, harangan

Verb

abangán (complete inabangan, progressive inaabangan, contemplative aabangan, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅᜈ᜔)

  1. to wait and watch (for something or someone)
    Synonyms: bantayan, hintayin
  2. (by extension) to stay tuned
    Abangan ang susunod na kabanata!
    Stay tuned for the next chapter!
  3. to be on the alert for; to wait for an opportune time
  4. to ambush; to waylay
    Synonyms: abatan, harangan

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for abangan
affix -an
root word abang
trigger object
aspect
infinitive abangan
complete inabangan
progressive inaabangan
inaabangan1
contemplative aabangan
aabangan1
imperative abangi1

1 Dialectal use only.

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