cabar
See also: Čabar
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦧꦂ (cabar, “ineffectual; failed”), from Old Javanese cabar (“faint-hearted”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cabar
- (archaic) timid, cowardly, fearful.
- (archaic) discouraged, disheartened, downhearted.
- (archaic) ineffective, powerless.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cabar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
cabar
- Romanization of ꦕꦧꦂ
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cabar (Jawi spelling چابر)
- to dare (to defy or challenge)
Further reading edit
- “cabar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin *capriō, from *capreus, originally from Latin caper (“goat”). Compare Spanish cabrio, French chevron.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cabar m (genitive singular cabair, plural cabair)
- caber, large piece of wood
- tilgeil a' chabair ― the tossing of the caber; caber toss
- antler
- pole, stake, post
- rafter
- fo na cabair ― under the rafters
- chan eil e fo na cabair ― it isn't anywhere in the house
Derived terms edit
- cabar-fèidh (“deer's antlers”)
Descendants edit
- → English: caber
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cabar | chabar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cabar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN