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gaba

See also: Gaba, GABA, gába, and gãba

Afar edit

 
Gaba (1).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈba/, [ɡʌˈbʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ba

Noun edit

gabá f (plural gaboobí f)

  1. hand, arm
  2. authority
  3. opportunity
  4. time

Declension edit

Declension of gabá
absolutive gabá
predicative gabá
subjective gabá
genitive gabá
Postpositioned forms
l-case gabál
k-case gabák
t-case gabát
h-case gabáh

Coordinate terms edit

  • (hand, arm): íba (“foot, leg”)

References edit

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gaba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Rebaq.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ba
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbaʔ/, [ɡaˈbaʔ]

Adjective edit

gabâ

  1. levelled (as a building)
  2. destroyed; razed
    Synonyms: raot, rapak

Derived terms edit

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ba
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaba/, [ˈɡa.bʌ]

Noun edit

gaba

  1. (archaic) a concept of a non-human and non-divine, imminent retribution
  2. (by extension) divine retribution; nemesis

Verb edit

gaba

  1. to have gaba befall on someone

Related terms edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gaba

  1. third-person singular past historic of gaber

Galician edit

Verb edit

gaba

  1. inflection of gabar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Gamilaraay edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

gaba

  1. all right
  2. correctly
  3. good
  4. well

References edit

  • (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”

Masbatenyo edit

Adjective edit

gabâ

  1. destroyed; damaged

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ba
  • Rhymes: -abɐ

Verb edit

gaba

  1. inflection of gabar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

gaba

  1. Romanization of 𒃮 (gaba)

Turkmen edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kāpa.[1][2] Cognate with Azerbaijani qaba, Turkish kaba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑːbɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ba

Adjective edit

gaba (comparative gabarak, superlative iň gaba)[3]

  1. large
  2. thick

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kaba:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 580
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ gaba at Ene dilim
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