abal

See also: abál and Ábal

Abu' Arapesh

Noun

abal

1. water

References

• Otto Nekitel. 1985. Sociolinguistic Aspects of Abu', a Papuan Language of the Sepik Area, Papua New Guinea. Doctoral dissertation, Australian National University, p.81

Afar

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈabal/, [ˈʔʌbʌl]
• Hyphenation: a‧bal

Noun

ábal m (plural abalwá f or abaloolá f)

1. (Northern Afar) game
2. (Northern Afar) amusement

Declension

Declension of ábal
absolutive	ábal
predicative	ábala
subjective	ábal
genitive	ábal
Postpositioned forms l-case ábalal k-case ábalak t-case ábalat h-case ábalah

Synonyms

• (Southern dialects) digír

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /aˈbal/, [ʔʌˈbʌl]
• Hyphenation: a‧bal

Verb

abál

1. imperative singular of abalé

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “àbal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Didier Morin (2012) “ABAL”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, →ISBN, page 61

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish aval (“endorsement, guarantee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abal/ [a.β̞al]
• Rhymes: -abal
• Hyphenation: a‧bal

Noun

abal inan

1. guarantee (legal assurance of something)

Declension

Declension of abal (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abal	abala	abalak
ergative	abalek	abalak	abalek
dative	abali	abalari	abalei
genitive	abalen	abalaren	abalen
comitative	abalekin	abalarekin	abalekin
causative	abalengatik	abalarengatik	abalengatik
benefactive	abalentzat	abalarentzat	abalentzat
instrumental	abalez	abalaz	abalez
inessive	abaletan	abalean	abaletan
locative	abaletako	abaleko	abaletako
allative	abaletara	abalera	abaletara
terminative	abaletaraino	abaleraino	abaletaraino
directive	abaletarantz	abalerantz	abaletarantz
destinative	abaletarako	abalerako	abaletarako
ablative	abaletatik	abaletik	abaletatik
partitive	abalik	—	—
prolative	abaltzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abal-emaile (“guarantor”)
• abala eman (“to guarantee”)
• abalatu (“to guarantee”)
• abaldun (“guarantee”)

 

Further reading

• "abal" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “abal” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Bukiyip

Noun

abal

1. water

References

• Robert J Conrad, Kepas Wogiga, An Outline of Bukiyip Grammar (1991)

Golin

Noun

abal

1. woman

References

• Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)

Tboli

Noun

abal

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

abal

1. (eastern dialect) pandanus

References

• Shnukal, Anna. (1994) 'Torres Strait Creole' in Macquarie Aboriginal Words, p. 389.

Wolof

Alternative forms

• aal

Etymology

From àbb +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabal/

• audio

  (file)

Verb

abal

1. to lend

References

• Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003) Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof, Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 44