baboe.
amah, ayah; a native Indonesian woman employed as a wet nurse, nanny and/or maid by Europeans in the former Dutch East Indies
Meaning & usage
amah, ayah; a native Indonesian woman employed as a wet nurse, nanny and/or maid by Europeans in the former Dutch East Indies
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”) (cf. wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”)). Compare Portuguese babo.
babu
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Hindi बाबू (bābū).
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