different between abax vs abab

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???? (ábax, “board covered with sand”). Doublet of abacus and abaque.

Noun

abax (plural not attested)

1. An ancient counting board containing grooves in which counters were placed; a forerunner of the abacus.

   Basic arithmetic could be done with an abax.

Translations

Anagrams

• Baxa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.baks/, [?äbäks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.baks/, [???b?ks]

Noun

abax m (genitive abacis); third declension

1. Alternative form of abacus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• abax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Ibatan

Noun

abab

1. hollow tree that has fallen to the ground

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese abab (????), from Old Javanese abab (“breathing, exhaling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?abap?]
• Hyphenation: abab

Noun

abab (first-person possessive ababku, second-person possessive ababmu, third-person possessive ababnya)

1. bad breath
2. (dialect) exhale

Further reading

• “abab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish abb.

Interjection

abab

1. fie!, pshaw!, oh for shame!

Noun

abab m

1. filth, dirt

Related terms

• ababardaich

References

• “abab” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.