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babo

Pronunciation: /ˈba.bo/

“babo” is an Indonesian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to carry in the front

noun

  1. dated spelling of babu (“housemaid”)

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)).

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