different between abaka vs abaca

English

Noun

abaka (plural abakas)

1. Alternative spelling of abaca

Translations

Anagrams

• Akaba, Kaaba

Cebuano

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?ba?ka

Noun

abaka

1. Cebu hemp (Musa textilis); a species of banana tree native to the Philippines
2. the fiber obtained from this plant

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, ?ISBN, page 131

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”).

Noun

abaka

1. Manila hemp; abaca

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, ?ISBN, page 131

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba?ka/

Noun

abaká

1. Manila hemp, abaca

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, ?ISBN, page 131

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognates with Yami avaka.

Noun

abaka

1. Manila hemp; abaca

Ilocano

Noun

abaka

1. Manila hemp; abaca

Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate with Malay abaka

Noun

abaka (first-person possessive abakaku, second-person possessive abakamu, third-person possessive abakanya)

1. abaca plant

References

• “abaka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”).

Noun

abaka

1. abaca

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, ?ISBN, page 131

Latvian

Noun

abaka m

1. genitive singular form of abaks

Malay

Alternative forms

• ?????

Etymology

From Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [abak?]

Noun

abaka (Jawi spelling ????, plural abaka-abaka)

1. abaca (plant)

Synonyms

• pisang benang / ???? ????
• pisang manila / ???? ???????
• pisang tali / ???? ?????

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ba.ka/

Noun

abaka f

1. Manila hemp

Declension

Synonyms

• manila f

Further reading

• abaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”), Muslim marine merchants imposing their term on their suppliers so that native terms died out in the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.?ka/

Noun

abaká

1. Manila hemp; abaca

Descendants

• ? Galician: abacá
• ? Malay: abaka
• ? Portuguese: abacá
• ? Spanish: abacá
  • ? English: abaca
    • ? Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, ?ISBN, page 131

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