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Translingual
Symbol
aba
See also
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa). Compare abaya.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbɑː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbɑ/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑː, (General American) -ɑ
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.][1]
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 110:
- 'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.'
- 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.
- 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.
- Such a garment that is specific to women.
Synonyms
- (all senses): abaya
Translations
Etymology 2
- From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æbə
Noun
aba (plural abas)
- An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
Etymology 3
Noun
aba (plural abas)
- An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
Translations
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References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aba”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Further reading
- Aba in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- Century Dictionary, volume 1, 1889, page 3
Anagrams
Akan
Pronunciation
- Tone: LH[1]
Noun
aba (plural aba)
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) “aba”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[1], Basel, page 2
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
Pronunciation
Noun
aba f (plural aba, definite abaja, definite plural abat)
Further reading
- “aba”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][3] (in Albanian), 1980
Apatani
Etymology
Probably cognate with Tibetan ཨ་ཕ (a pha), Garo apa.
Noun
aba
References
- P. T. Abraham, Apatani-English-Hindi Dictionary (1987)
Azerbaijani
Cyrillic | аба | |
---|---|---|
Abjad |
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *apa (“father”).
Noun
aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Common Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).
Noun
aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)
- (Jabrayil, Qakh, Shamkir, Tabriz) mother
- Synonym: ana
- (dialectal) elder sister
- (dialectal) elder sister-in-law
Declension
Declension of aba | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | aba |
abalar | ||||||
definite accusative | abanı |
abaları | ||||||
dative | abaya |
abalara | ||||||
locative | abada |
abalarda | ||||||
ablative | abadan |
abalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | abanın |
abaların |
Etymology 3
Derived from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
Noun
aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)
Declension
Declension of aba | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | aba |
abalar | ||||||
definite accusative | abanı |
abaları | ||||||
dative | abaya |
abalara | ||||||
locative | abada |
abalarda | ||||||
ablative | abadan |
abalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | abanın |
abaların |
References
- Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “aba I”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →ISBN, page 11a
- Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “aba II”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →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
Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana in the 19th century, from a misinterpretation of the kinship suffix -ba.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
aba anim
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | aba | aba | abak |
ergative | abak | abak | abek |
dative | abari | abari | abei |
genitive | abaren | abaren | aben |
comitative | abarekin | abarekin | abekin |
causative | abarengatik | abarengatik | abengatik |
benefactive | abarentzat | abarentzat | abentzat |
instrumental | abaz | abaz | abez |
inessive | abarengan | abarengan | abengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | abarengana | abarengana | abengana |
terminative | abarenganaino | abarenganaino | abenganaino |
directive | abarenganantz | abarenganantz | abenganantz |
destinative | abarenganako | abarenganako | abenganako |
ablative | abarengandik | abarengandik | abengandik |
partitive | abarik | — | — |
prolative | abatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- aberri (“fatherland”) (see there for further derivations)
Further reading
- “aba”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Chibcha
Pronunciation
Noun
aba
References
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Corsican
Pronunciation
Noun
aba f (plural abe)
- Alternative form of apa
References
Dení
Noun
aba f
References
- “aba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.
Dongxiang
Pronunciation 1
Noun
aba
Pronunciation 2
Noun
aba
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
aba
Ewe
Noun
aba
References
Galician
Etymology
Uncertain. Cognate with Portuguese aba, Spanish álabe, French aube, Romanian aripă.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
- slope, hillside
- apron, smock; folds of a shirt or dress
- Synonym: faldra
- (anatomy) lap
- Synonym: colo
- brim of a hat
- rim
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “aba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “álabe”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Gothic
Romanization
aba
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌰
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
aba
- down with...!
- Aba lenjistis!
- Down with injustice!
References
- Albert Valdman, Iskra Iskrova, editors, compiled by Albert Valdman (2007), Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary[4], Bloomington: Indiana University Creole Institute, →ISBN, page 1
Hiligaynon
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abá.
Interjection
abá
Interjection
abâ
Etymology 2
Noun
abá
Verb
abá
Iban
Pronunciation
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.
Noun
aba
- father
- Aba aku ― My father
Etymology 2
Noun
aba
Etymology 3
Preposition
aba
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay aba, from Proto-Malayic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba. Doublet of abah.
Noun
aba
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (parent): see Thesaurus:ayah
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧ (aba, “sign, sound; order, command; to order, command; spoken word; to say, to speak”).
Noun
aba
- signals in the form of knocking sounds on walls and so on which are usually heard before the death of a family member
Related terms
Further reading
- “aba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Noun
aba
- Only used in ar aba
Noun
aba m sg
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aba | n-aba | haba | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Jamamadí
Noun
aba
- (Banawá) fish
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Javanese
Romanization
aba
- Romanization of ꦲꦧ
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German ebbe (“tide”).[1] Compare English ebb and Dutch eb.
Pronunciation
Noun
aba f
- (regional, Hel Peninsula) ebb, the receding movement of the tide
- (regional, Hel Peninsula) ebb tide
- (regional, Hel Peninsula) tide, any periodic change in sea level
Derived terms
- abòwac impf
References
- ^ Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “aba”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 1, →ISBN, page 69
Further reading
- Sychta, Bernard (1967) “aba”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 1
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “fala”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “fala”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[5]
Latgalian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian aba and Lithuanian aba.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
aba
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 74
Latvian
Adverb
aba
Synonyms
Conjunction
aba
Synonyms
Adjective
aba
Synonyms
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
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian and Latgalian aba, as well as modern Lithuanian arba.
Conjunction
aba
- or (archaic)
Lokono
Numeral
aba
- (Western Lokono) one.
Synonyms
Malagasy
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Noun
aba
Further reading
- aba in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /abə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aba/
- Rhymes: -abə, -bə, -ə
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
Noun
aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- Alternative form of abah
Etymology 2
Noun
aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- father (male parent)
Etymology 3
Shortened form of haba.
Alternative forms
Noun
aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- Alternative form of haba
Mansaka
Etymology
Adjective
aba
Marshallese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aba
Further reading
Mezquital Otomi
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish haba (“bean; bump, nodule; equine palatitis”), from Latin faba (“bean”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ǎba
Synonyms
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)[6] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3
Middle Irish
Noun
aba
Mutation
Middle Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
aba | unchanged | n-aba |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *rap, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *t͡sap, from Proto-Tupian *jap.[1]
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé sap, Guaraní ague.
Pronunciation
Noun
aba (IIa class pluriform, absolute taba, R1 raba, R2 saba) (possessable)
- body hair
- fur (hairy coat of various mammal species)
- contour feather; plumage
- pykasuaba
- pigeon feathers
- wool
- woolen fabric
Usage notes
- When talking about birds, aba referred only to the body feathers; the flight feathers were called pepó.
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts][7] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 5, columns 1–2
Pangasinan
Pronunciation
Noun
abá
Related terms
Part or all of this Pangasinan entry has been imported from the 1865 edition of Diccionario pangasinan-español. The imported definitions may be significantly outdated, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Latin alapa (“slap, smack”). Cognate with Galician aba.
Pronunciation
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
- brim (of a hat)
- a aba do chapéu
- the brim of the hat
- flap (hinged leaf of furniture)
- bank (of a river)
- Synonym: margem
- (computing) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
aba
- inflection of abar:
Further reading
- “aba” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “aba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
Noun
aba f (uncountable)
- thick woollen fabric, usually white, from which country-style clothing is often made
- Synonym: dimie
Declension
See also
Etymology 2
Interjection
aba
- expresses wonder or draws attention to something
Further reading
- aba in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Salar
Etymology
Borrowed from Amdo Tibetan ཨ་ཕ (a pha, “father”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aba
References
- Potanin, G.N. (1893) “aba”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
- Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich (1893) Этнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography][8] (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page 32
- Rockhill, William Woodville (1894) Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, page 374
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- 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “aba”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar][10], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 126
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “aba”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[11], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 31
- Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “aba”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology[12], 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 108
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “aba”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 1
- 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “aba”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader][13], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 109
Sardinian
Etymology 1
From Latin ava, feminine of avus.
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
aba f (plural abas)
Sassarese
Pronunciation
Noun
aba f (plural abi)
- Alternative form of abi (“bee”)
References
- Ugo Solinas (2016) “àbi”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 20
- Giosue Muzzo (1981) “àba”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 25
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish abb, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aba m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)
- abbot
- An nì a nì an dara h-aba subhach, nì e dubhach an t-aba eile.
- What makes the one abbot glad makes the other abbot sad.
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aba | n-aba | h-aba | t-aba |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “aba”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][14], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
- Colin Mark (2003) “aba”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 5
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
Noun
aba f (Cyrillic spelling аба)
Further reading
- “aba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
aba f
References
- “aba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
Verb
-aba
- to divide, to distribute
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Etymology
Either inherited from Latin apage (“go away”), from Ancient Greek άπαγε (ápage), or alternatively borrowed from Arabic اِبْعَد (ibʕad, dialectally also abʕad), imperative of بَعِدَ (baʕida, “to go away”).[1] As both words have the same meaning and could both easily have yielded Spanish aba, it is hardly possible to decide.
Pronunciation
Interjection
¡aba!
References
- ^ Corriente, Federico (2019 March 11) “Boletín de información lingüística de la Real Academia Española”, in NOTAS A LOS ARABISMOS Y OTROS «EXOTISMOS» EN DLE 2014[2] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy, archived from the original on 17 December 2020
Further reading
- “aba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian
Romanization
aba
- Romanization of 𒀊 (aba)
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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈbaʔ/ [ʔɐˈbaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: a‧ba
Adjective
abâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ)
- poor, indigent
- humble; ordinary
- Synonyms: karaniwan, pangkaraniwan
- oppressed, abused
- Synonyms: api, inapi, api-apihan
- unfortunate
- Synonym: kaawa-awa
- mean, despicable
- Synonym: hamak
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abá.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈba/ [ʔɐˈba]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: a‧ba
Interjection
abá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ)
- an exclamation of surprise, wonder, or admiration; wow
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanish ave, from Latin avē (“hello, hail”). The senses “calling of attention” could possibly be borrowed from Spanish aba (“watch out”), either from Latin apage (“go away”), from Ancient Greek άπαγε (ápage), or from Arabic اِبْعَد.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈba/ [ʔɐˈba]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: a‧ba
Interjection
abá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ)
- hail!
- Aba Ginoong Maria!
- Hail Mary!; Ave Maria!
Derived terms
Noun
abá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ)
- act of greeting or calling the attention of someone
- reminder or call of attention for someone about something
- Synonyms: banggit, ino, pagbanggit, pag-ino
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abá”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 1
Anagrams
Tatar
Noun
aba
- Latin spelling of аба (aba)
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
aba
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).
Noun
aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)
Etymology 2
From Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
Noun
aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)
- felt (a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Ottoman Turkish آبا (aba), from Arabic آباء (ʔābāʔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
aba
Declension
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Nominative | aba | abalar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dative | abaya | abalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genitive | abanın | abaların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Etymology 4
Noun
aba
Further reading
- “aba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Venetian
Noun
- Alternative form of acua
References
- “aba”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
Weyewa
Noun
aba
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
Pronunciation
Noun
aba
References
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
Pronoun
âba
- these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
àbá
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
abà
Etymology 3
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ba (“to brood, to incubate”)
Pronunciation
Noun
àba
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
abá
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
àbá
- (Ekiti) father
- (Ekiti) a term of familiarity or respect for an older man or male relative
- Synonyms: bàbá, aba
Derived terms
- ababa (“grandfather, paternal grandfather”)
- abaye (“grandfather, maternal grandfather”)
Zaghawa
Pronunciation
Noun
aba
- father
- paternal uncle (among the wegi clan); maternal uncle (sometimes)
Usage notes
- Sense 2 refers to blood relations only
- Most often used as a form of address, rather than a noun proper.
See also
References
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
Zazaki
Noun
aba
- 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) “aɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “aɓa (6.3)”
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