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aba
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (?ab??a). Compare abaya.
Alternative forms
- abba
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??b?/
Noun
aba (countable and uncountable, plural abas)
- A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
- A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
- Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
- An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
Synonyms
- abaya
Translations
Etymology 2
- From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æ.b?/
Noun
aba (plural abas)
- An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
Etymology 3
Noun
aba (plural abas)
- The electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
Translations
References
- 1889 Century Dictionary, volume 1 page 3
Anagrams
- AAB, BAA, baa
Akan
Pronunciation
- Tone: LH
Noun
aba (plural aba)
- seed(s)
- fruit
Derived terms
- wawa aba
References
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic ????????? (?ab??a).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a?ba]
Noun
aba f (indefinite plural aba, definite singular abaja, definite plural abat)
- (old) thin felt (usually white or gray)
Arawak
Numeral
aba
- (Western Arawak) one.
Synonyms
- áb?
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??b?/
- Hyphenation: a?ba
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *apa (“father”).
Noun
aba (definite accusative aban?, plural abalar)
- (Gadabay, Quba, Ordubad, Zangilan) father
- Synonym: ata
Etymology 2
From Common Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).
Noun
aba (definite accusative aban?, plural abalar)
- (Jabrayil, Qakh, Shamkir, Tabriz) mother
- Synonym: ana
- (dialectal) elder sister
- (dialectal) elder sister-in-law
Declension
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (?ab??a).
Noun
aba (definite accusative aban?, plural abalar)
- aba
Declension
References
- Axundov A. A., Kaz?mov Q. ?., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007) , “aba I”, in Az?rbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lü??ti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: ??rq-Q?rb, ?ISBN, page 11a
- Axundov A. A., Kaz?mov Q. ?., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007) , “aba II”, in Az?rbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lü??ti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: ??rq-Q?rb, ?ISBN, page 11a
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) , “*apa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) , “*appa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Basque
Etymology
Created by Sabino Arana in the 19th century, from a misinterpretation of the kinship suffix -ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ba/
Noun
aba anim
- father
Declension
Synonyms
- aita
Chibcha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?a/
Noun
aba
- maize
- corncob
- maize crop
References
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Corsican
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aba/
Noun
aba f (plural abe)
- Alternative form of apa
References
- https://infcor.adecec.net/
Dení
Noun
aba f
- fish
References
- “aba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
aba
- taro
Ewe
Noun
aba
- mat
- bed
References
Galician
Etymology
Uncertain. Cognate with Portuguese aba, Spanish álabe, French aube, Romanian arip?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?a?/
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
- slope, hillside
- Synonyms: faldra, pé
- apron, smock; folds of a shirt or dress
- Synonym: faldra
- (anatomy) lap
- Synonym: colo
- brim of a hat
- rim
Derived terms
- abada
- abeaca
- abeiro
References
- “aba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “aba” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “aba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Gothic
Romanization
aba
- Romanization of ????????????
Hiligaynon
Interjection
abá
- alas, gosh, well, whew
- wow
Interjection
abâ
- (questioning) really
- (questioning) ah, oh
Noun
abá
- (anatomy) shoulder blade
Verb
abá
- To carry on one's back
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- abah
Etymology
From Malay aba, from Arabic ???, from Proto-Semitic *?abw-. Doublet of abbas, abi, and abu.
Noun
aba
- A human male who begets a child; father
Synonyms
- (parent): see Thesaurus:ayah
Irish
Noun
aba
- Only used in ar aba
Noun
aba m sg
- genitive singular of ab
Mutation
Further reading
- "aba" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “aba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Jamamadí
Noun
aba
- (Banawá) fish
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Latgalian
Etymology
Shortened from an older Baltic form *arba, which is preserved in Lithuanian as arba (the meaning differs just slightly).
Conjunction
aba
- alias, AKA, or
Latvian
Adverb
aba
- (archaic) just
- (archaic) just now
Synonyms
- nupat
- tikko
- patlaban
Conjunction
aba
- (archaic) or
Synonyms
- vai
Adjective
aba
- (archaic) both
Synonyms
- abi
Noun
aba m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)
- (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
Declension
Synonyms
- abba
Malagasy
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Noun
aba
- (dialectal) father
Further reading
- aba in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ab?/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aba/
- Rhymes: -ab?, -b?, -?
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Alternative forms
- abah, bah
Noun
aba (Jawi spelling ???, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, impolite 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- Alternative form of abah
Etymology 2
From Arabic ???? (?ab).
Noun
aba (Jawi spelling ???, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, impolite 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- father (male parent)
Etymology 3
Shortened form of haba.
Alternative forms
- haba
Noun
aba (Jawi spelling ???, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, impolite 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- Alternative form of haba
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English harbor.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [?b??]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /?æp?æ?/
- Bender phonemes: {habah}
Noun
aba
- a harbor.
- an anchorage.
- a port.
Further reading
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Mezquital Otomi
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish haba (“bean; bump, nodule; equine palatitis”), from Latin faba (“bean”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a/
Noun
?ba
- equine palatitis
Synonyms
- ndodi
References
- Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)?[3] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3
Middle Irish
Noun
aba
- genitive singular of ab
Mutation
Old Tupi
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a??a/
Noun
aba
- hair
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a??a/, /?ta??a/
Noun
aba
- village, especially a typical Brazilian indigenous village.
Usage notes
- The stem aba could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form taba was used whenever the noun was not possessed.
References
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin alapa (“slap, smack”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?a.??/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?a.ba/
- Hyphenation: a?ba
- Rhymes: -aba
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
- brim (of a hat)
- flap (hinged leaf of furniture)
- bank (of a river)
- Synonym: margem
- (computing) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)
Derived terms
- abar
- desabar
Further reading
- “aba” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?ba/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: a?ba
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic ????????? (?ab??a).
Noun
aba
- Thick wool-fabric, usually white, from which country-style clothing is often made.
Synonyms
- dimie
See also
- p?nur?
- ?es?tur?
Etymology 2
Interjection
aba
- An interjection that expresses wonder or draws attention to something.
Further reading
- aba in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Sardinian
Etymology 1
From Latin ava, feminine of avus.
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
- grandmother
Etymology 2
From Latin ala
Alternative forms
- ala
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
- wing
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- ab
Etymology
From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”).
Noun
aba m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)
- (Christianity) abbot
Derived terms
- mac-an-aba
Related terms
- abaid
Mutation
Further reading
- “aba” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic ????????? (?ab??a).
Noun
aba f (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- (regional) aba
Further reading
- “aba” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
Verb
-aba
- to divide, to distribute
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Etymology
The Royal Spanish Academy proposes that it was introduced to Spanish from Arabic and notes some controversy over Moorish origin.
Interjection
¡aba!
- caution
Further reading
- “aba” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
Verb
-ába
- (transitive) to share
- (transitive) to distribute
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?ba?/, [???ba?]
Adjective
abâ
- poor, indigent
- Synonyms: dukha, maralita, hirap, mahirap
- humble; ordinary
- Synonyms: karaniwan, pangkaraniwan
- oppressed, abused
- Synonyms: api, inapi, api-apihan
- unfortunate
- Synonym: kaawa-awa
- mean, despicable
- Synonym: hamak
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?ba/, [???ba]
Interjection
abá
- an exclamation of surprise, wonder, or admiration; wow
- Synonym: naku
Etymology 3
From Spanish ave.
Interjection
abá
- hail!
Noun
abá
- act of greeting or calling the attention of someone
- Synonyms: bati, pagbati
- reminder or call of attention for someone about something
- Synonyms: banggit, ino, pagbanggit, pag-ino
Derived terms
Tatar
Noun
aba
- Latin spelling of ??? (aba)
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aba/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).
Noun
aba (definite accusative abay?, plural abalar)
- (dialectal) elder sister
- (dialectal) mother
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (?ab??a).
Noun
aba (definite accusative abay?, plural abalar)
- felt (a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres)
Derived terms
- aba güre?i
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic ????? (??b??).
- IPA(key): /??b??/
Noun
aba
- (archaic) fathers
- (archaic) ancestors, forefathers
- (archaic) Christian monks
Declension
Etymology 4
Noun
aba
- dative singular of ab
Further reading
- aba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Venetian
Etymology
Compare Venetian àcua and Italian acqua.
Noun
aba f (plural abe)
- (Belluno, Informal) water
Related terms
- (Belluno) àiva
- (Belluno, Informal) buba
Weyewa
Noun
aba
- (Loli) fat
- (Loli) mouth
References
- Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010) , “aba”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat
Wutunhua
Etymology
From Mandarin ?? (?bà).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [apa]
Noun
aba
- father
- Synonym: ha
- Coordinate terms: ana, ma
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun?[4], University of Helsinki (PhD), ?ISBN
Xhosa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
Verb
-aba
- (transitive) to share
- (transitive) to distribute
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [â??a]
Pronoun
âba
- these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.
Zazaki
Noun
aba f
- felt (a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres)
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
Verb
-aba
- (transitive) to divide, to apportion, to distribute
- (transitive) to share
Inflection
Derived terms
- -abela (applicative)
- -abisa (causative)
- -abisisa (intensive)
- -abeka (neuter-passive)
- -abiwa (passive)
- -abana (reciprocal)
- umabi
- umabo
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “a?a”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “a?a (6.3)”
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caba
English
Noun
caba (plural cabas)
- (dated) A cabas, or lady's bag.
Anagrams
- A.C.A.B., AABC, AACB, ABAC, ABCA, ACAB, BCAA, Baca, abac
Turkish
Noun
caba (definite accusative cabay?, plural cabalar)
- free
Declension
References
- caba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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