nabo

See also: Nabo and nā-bô

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naᵐbo]

Noun

nabo

1. spider

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧bo

Noun

nabo

1. devil's cotton (Abroma augustum)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nábúi (“neighbour”), from ná- (“near”) and búi (“inhabitant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːbo/, [ˈnæːb̥o]

Noun

nabo c (singular definite naboen, plural indefinite naboer)

1. neighbour

Inflection

Declension of nabo

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nabo	naboen	naboer	naboerne
genitive	nabos	naboens	naboers	naboernes

References

• “nabo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nabe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnabo]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: na‧bo

Noun

nabo (accusative singular nabon, plural naboj, accusative plural nabojn)

1. hub of a wheel, nave

   Synonym: aksingo

2. hub of a propeller

   Synonym: ŝaftingo

Derived terms

• nabobremso (“hub brake”)
• naboĉapo (“hubcap”)

 

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nabo (attested from 1257 in Galician documents), from Latin nāpus (“turnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaβo̝/

Noun

nabo m (plural nabos)

1. (botany, cooking) turnip (Brassica rapa)
   • 1283, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 191

     Pedro Periz filou vun nabo con ſuas uerſſas na mao da dita curtina τ meteuo ao dito abade na mao, dizendo que la entregaua a dita curtina τ aſ ditas caſas como ſuas

     Pedro Pérez took in his hand a turnip of the aforementioned farmland, with its greens, and put it in the hand of the abbot, while saying that the was giving back this farmland with its buildings

2. (figurative, vulgar) penis

Derived terms

• arríncate nabo (a kid's game)
• nabal (“turnips field”)
• nabeira (“turnips field”)
• nabiña (“turnip seed”)
• nabiza (“turnip young leaves”)
• nabo caíño (“bryony”)
• nabo da norza (“bryony”)

References

• “nabo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “nabo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nabo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nabo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nabo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto nabo, from German Nabe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnabo]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: na‧bo

Noun

nabo (plural nabi)

1. hub of a wheel, nave

Latin

Verb

nābō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of nō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish nabo, from Old Norse nábúi.

Noun

nabo m (definite singular naboen, indefinite plural naboer, definite plural naboene)

1. a neighbour / neighbor

Synonyms

• granne

Derived terms

• naboby
• nabokrangel
• nabolag
• naboland
• nabostat
• nabotomt
• nabovarsel
• naboøy

 

References

• “nabo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nabo” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Danish nabo, from Old Norse nábúi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɑːbʊ/

Noun

nabo m (definite singular naboen, indefinite plural naboar, definite plural naboane)

1. a neighbour (UK) or neighbor (US)

Synonyms

• granne

Derived terms

• naboby
• nabokrangel
• nabolag
• naboland
• nabostat
• nabotomt
• nabovarsel
• naboøy

 

References

• “nabo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

nabo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nabo, from Latin nāpus (“turnip”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bu/ [ˈna.βu]

• Rhymes: -abu
• Hyphenation: na‧bu

Noun

nabo m (plural nabos)

1. (botany, cooking) turnip (Brassica rapa or its root)

Noun

nabo m (plural nabos, feminine naba, feminine plural nabas)

1. (derogatory, idiomatic) idiot

Derived terms

• nabo-da-bahia
• nabo-da-suécia
• nabo-do-diabo
• nabo-do-japão
• nabo-japonês
• nabo-redondo
• nabo-selvagem

Spanish

algunos nabos

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nabo, from Latin nāpus (“turnip”) (compare -nip in English turnip, Catalan nap, French navet, Italian napo, Portuguese nabo, Romanian nap, Scottish English neep), from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ (nâpu, “mustard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnabo/ [ˈna.β̞o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: na‧bo

Noun

nabo m (plural nabos)

1. turnip

   nabo de Suecia ― swede

   nabo gallego ― rape

2. any thick root
3. (nautical) mast
4. heart (of split wood)
5. (slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Derived terms

• apio nabo
• campo de nabos
• colinabo
• del nabo
• nabería
• nabicol
• nabo del diablo

 

Related terms

• naba
• nabar
• nabina
• nabiza

 

Noun

nabo m (plural nabos, feminine naba, feminine plural nabas)

1. (derogatory, colloquial, at least in Argentina) a stupid person

Further reading

• “nabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nábúi.

Noun

nabo c

1. (archaic) neighbour

Declension

Declension of nabo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nabo	nabon	nabor	naborna
Genitive	nabos	nabons	nabors	nabornas

Synonyms

• granne

Further reading

• nabo in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• boan, bona