abai

Inherited from Malay abai (“neglectful”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabai̯/ [ˈa.bai̯]
• Rhymes: -abai̯
• Syllabification: a‧bai
• Homophone: Abai

abai (comparative lebih abai, superlative paling abai)

1. careless, negligent, neglectful.

   Synonym: lalai

2. disregarded, neglected.
3. ignorant

abai

1. not to care

• “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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• IPA^(key): [a.bai̯]

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• Rhymes: -bai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: a‧bai

abai (Jawi spelling اباي, comparative lebih abai, superlative paling abai)

1. neglectful

   Synonyms: cuai, lalai

• > Indonesian: abai (inherited)

• “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

abai

1. second-person plural imperative of abar

abai

1. foxtail millet cake

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abai

1. backwater

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “заводь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika