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  • Their grandfather, who they called abah (father), was having his lunch next to their grandmother, who they called emak (mother).

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2010

  • Their grandfather, who they called abah (father), was having his lunch next to their grandmother, who they called emak (mother).

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2010

  • That of the Meccan Ka’abah is a projection of about a foot broad in pent-house shape sloping downwards and two feet above the granite pavement: its only use appears in the large brass rings welded into it to hold down the covering.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Adakah anak-anak abah akan berketuakan menantu Perdana Menteri itu?!!

    ~penarik beca 2008

  • “Burka’,” usually applied to a woman’s face-veil and hence to the covering of the Ka’abah, which is the “Bride of Meccah.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • By Zemzem, Safá and wall Hatím [FN#260] * And Ka'abah and glories of Ka'abah's site,

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Ka’abah, that is say, eight cubits nearer than the Northern and Southern “Makams.”

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • "Burka '," usually applied to a woman's face-veil and hence to the covering of the Ka'abah, which is the "Bride of

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • 'I-Ka'abah "= the Astrologers lied, by the Ka'abah's Lord!

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • 'Uh'd fugodden all abah did,' said Garry, who was still nursing a swollen nose.

    Dead Famous Elton, Ben 2001

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