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Lost words
Aba! I thought, was always just an interjection. But then in the Diccionario Tagalo-Hispano of Serafin Serrano Laktaw (1914) “Aba!” also means “Oye!” Listen! But used in a holier context, as the salutation of the Angel: “Hail Mary!” Ave Maria! Aba Ginoong Maria!