different between kabaka vs abaka

English

Etymology

From Luganda akabaka.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??b??k?/

Noun

kabaka (plural kabakas)

1. The title of the king of Buganda.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 886:

     In the end, Buganda's identification between Crown and Church was so great that when in 1953 the British Governor of Uganda exiled the Kabaka of Buganda for political reasons, the Mothers' Union of the Anglican Church was loud among the chorus of furious protest.

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