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abai
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See also: abaí
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay abai (“neglectful”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈabai̯/ [ˈa.bai̯]
- Rhymes: -abai̯
- Syllabification: a‧bai
- Homophone: Abai
Adjective
abai (comparative lebih abai, superlative paling abai)
- careless, negligent, neglectful.
- Synonym: lalai
- disregarded, neglected.
- ignorant
Derived terms
Verb
abai
Further reading
- “abai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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Malay
Pronunciation
Adjective
abai (Jawi spelling اباي, comparative lebih abai, superlative paling abai)
Affixations
- abaikan (“to neglect; to ignore; to waste”)
- keabaian
- keterabaian
- pengabai (“neglectful person”)
- pengabaian
- terabai (“neglected; ignored; wasted”)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: abai (inherited)
References
- “abai” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 2.
- "abai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
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Portuguese
Verb
abai
Rukai
Noun
abai
Veps
Etymology
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Noun
abai
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “заводь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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