auwban

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 拗蠻／拗蛮 (áu-bân, “stubborn and unreasonable person”).

Noun

auwban

  1. bad person
    kan djadi auwban begitoe?[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References
  1. Tjoe Bou San (1907) Pembalesan Kedji (in Peranakan Indonesian), Sin Po, page 52
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