different between abaca vs abada

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• abacá, abáca, abaka, abaká

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.??k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb.??k?/

Noun

abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)

1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana

2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

Translations

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

References

Anagrams

• Caaba

French

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ka/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a.b?.k?/

Noun

abaca m (plural abacas)

1. a banana tree, the abaca
2. Manilla hemp

   Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

Further reading

• “abaca” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ba.ka/
• Hyphenation: à?ba?ca

Noun

abaca m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of abacà

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English abaca, from Spanish abacá (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Tagalog abaká (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”), from Classical Syriac ????????? (??paqt?), ?????????? (?ap?qa?t?, “de-seeded cotton”) from ????? (pqa?, “to split, to reave, to crack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b??ka/
• Rhymes: -??ka
• Hyphenation: a?ba?ca

Noun

abaca m (definite singular abacaen, indefinite plural abacaer, definite plural abacaene)

1. (botany) Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
2. abaca (the fiber of the abaca plant, used in rope)

   Synonym: manilahamp

References

• “abaca” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abaca” in Store norske leksikon

English

Etymology

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”).

Noun

abada (plural abadas)

1. (obsolete) The rhinoceros.
2. (mythology) A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.

Anagrams

• baaad

Bambara

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?abad, “eternity”).

Noun

abada

1. eternity

Adverb

abada

1. always, forever

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: abadas, abadât

Verb

abada

1. third-person singular past historic of abader

Fula

Alternative forms

• abadan

Adverb

abada

1. never

Usage notes

• Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
• faa abada means forever.

Galician

Etymology

From aba (“apron”) +? -ada (“~ful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??aða?/

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. apronful, quantity contained in a apron or in the folds of a shirt

Related terms

• aba

References

• “abada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “abada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “abada” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ibaloi

Noun

abada

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Italian

Etymology

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from a bada (“the rhinoceros”), with concretion of the definite article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ba.da/
• Hyphenation: a?bà?da

Noun

abada m or f (feminine plural abade, masculine plural abadi)

1. Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

Moore

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?abadan).

Adverb

abada

1. never

Portuguese

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

Descendants

• ? English: abada
• ? Italian: abada
• ? Spanish: abada

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abada, from Malay badak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bada/, [a???a.ð?a]

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

   Synonym: rinoceronte

Further reading

• “abada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Turkish

Noun

abada

1. locative singular of aba