babo.
to carry in the front
Meaning & usage
to carry in the front
dated spelling of babu (“housemaid”)
Where this word comes from
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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