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abba
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”); see abbot.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æb.?/, /æ?b?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æb.?/, /æ?b?/
- Rhymes: -æb?
Noun
abba (plural abbas)
- (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.
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
abba (plural abbas)
- Alternative form of aba
References
Anagrams
- AABB, baba
Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Afroasiatic *?ab-, from a nursery word. Cognates include Somali aabo and Hebrew ???? (’ab?’).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?b?/
- Hyphenation: ab?ba
Noun
abbá m (plural abbobtí f or abboobí f)
- father
- chief
- director
Declension
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “abba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN
- Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, ?ISBN, page vi
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 113
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.ba/
Verb
abba (present abba, present participle abbaende, past participle geabba)
- (transitive) to carry on one's back
Corsican
Noun
abba f
- Alternative form of apa
Gothic
Romanization
abba
- Romanization of ????????????????
Hungarian
Etymology
az (“that”) +? -ba (“into”). The z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the -b of the suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??b??]
- Hyphenation: ab?ba
Pronoun
abba
- illative singular of az
Usage notes
It points to the inside of an object that is farther away from the speaker. Its opposite pair is ebbe which points to the inside of an object close to the speaker.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ???? (abba), from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”). Doublet of abate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ab.ba/
- Rhymes: -abba
- Hyphenation: àb?ba
Noun
abba m (singular only)
- (Christianity, Judaism) abba
Related terms
- abate
References
- abba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ???? (abba), from Aramaic ????/???? (?abb??, “father”), whence also Late Latin abb?s.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ab.ba/, [?äb?ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ab.ba/, [??b??]
Noun
abba m (indeclinable)
- father
- Synonym: pater
Descendants
- ? Italian: abba
- Norwegian Bokmål: abba
References
- abba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- abba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ??? (??, happa).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [?pp??], (enunciated) [?p? p??]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /?æp?p?æ?/
- Bender phonemes: {habbah}
Noun
abba (construct form abbain)
- (alienable) dynamite
Synonyms
- bo?kutan?
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin abba (“father”), from Ancient Greek ???? (abba, “father, title of respect given to abbots”), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father, teacher, ancestor, leader”), from Proto-Semitic *?abw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *?ab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Doublet of abbed and abbé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ab?a/
- Rhymes: -ab?a
- Hyphenation: ab?ba
Noun
abba
- (Christianity, Judaism) Abba or Father (when speaking directly with God through prayer)
References
- “abba” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abba” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
- baba
Nyunga
Interjection
abba
- g'day
References
- 2011, Bindon, P. and Chadwick, R. (compilers and editors), A Nyoongar Wordlist: from the south-west of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum (Welshpool, WA), 2nd ed.
Old Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abba.
Noun
abba m
- abbot
Inflection
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *ak??, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh?. Compare Romanian ap?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ab.ba/
Noun
abba f (plural abbas)
- water
- (by extension) rain
- Synonym: proja
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amba
English
Etymology 1
Amharic ??? (?ämba)
Noun
amba (plural ambas)
- A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.
Etymology 2
From Arabic ???????? (?amba) and Hebrew ?????; ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (?mra).
Noun
amba (uncountable)
- A tangy mango pickle used as a condiment in the Middle East.
Anagrams
- AABM, AMAB, BAAM, BMAA, Bama, MAAB, bama
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am.ba?/
Noun
amba
- lowing or mooing sound of cattle
Verb
amba
- to moo, low as of cattle
Synonyms
- inga
Hiligaynon
Verb
ámba
- chant, sing
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ampa/
- Rhymes: -ampa
Noun
amba f (genitive singular ömbu, nominative plural ömbur)
- Alternative form of amaba
Declension
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?am.ba/
- Rhymes: -amba
- Hyphenation: àm?ba
Etymology 1
From Amharic ??? (?ämba).
Noun
amba f (plural ambe)
- (geology) A characteristic landform in Ethiopia, consisting of a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain.
Etymology 2
Noun
amba f (plural ambe)
- (chiefly in the plural) circumlocution, periphrasis
- Synonyms: (formal) circonlocuzione, (colloquial) giro di parole, perifrasi
References
- amba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- amba in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
Kanufi
Noun
amba
- plural of uwa
References
- Roger Blench, The Anib (=Kanufi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities, page 3, 2011
Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-bàmba (“to stretch and peg a hide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?ba/
Verb
amba (infinitive kwamba)
- to peg (out), to pitch
- to stretch out
- to do first
Derived terms
- kwambata
- mwambato 3
- kwamb?r?ria
- k?amb?r?ria 7
- mwamb?r?rio 3
- rwambo 11
- rwambo r?mwe r?tiambaga ndarwa
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “amba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit ???? (?mra).
Noun
amba m
- the mango tree, Magifera indica
Declension
Noun
amba n
- the mango fruit
Declension
Related terms
- ambaphala (“mango fruit”)
References
- “amba”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.
Etymology 2
Noun
amba
- vocative singular of amb? (“mummy”)
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
amba-
- which; who (relative pronoun)
Inflection
Verb
-amba (infinitive kwamba)
- to say, to explain
Conjugation
Derived terms
- chambo
- jambo
Venda
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).
Verb
amba
- to speak
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).
Verb
-amba
- to be sarcastic
Inflection
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “amba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “amba (6.6-3)”
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