abese

Indonesian

Noun

abese (first-person possessive abeseku, second-person possessive abesemu, third-person possessive abesenya)

  1. alphabet (abece)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French abaisser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /abese/

Verb

abese (medial form abes)

  1. to demean oneself, belittle, abase, denigrate, humiliate
    Synonyms: denigre, imilie

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • abece — unadapted spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abecé, from the first three letters of the Spanish alphabet.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabeˈse/ [ʔɐ.bɛˈsɛ], /ˌʔaˈbese/ [ˌʔaˈbɛ.sɛ]
  • Rhymes: -e, -ese
  • Syllabification: a‧be‧se

Noun

abesé or ábése (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

  1. ABCs
    Synonyms: alpabeto, abesedaryo, abakada
  2. primer (children's book introducing basic literacy)
    Synonyms: katon, kartilya, abesedaryo

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “abese” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “abese”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 3
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 2
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