See also: RIBA

English edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun edit

riba (uncountable)

  1. (Muslim finance): interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.

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Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (to tear, cut).

Noun edit

riba f (plural ribes)

  1. coast
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, Syrian rhubarb; currant).

Noun edit

riba f (plural ribes)

  1. currant, gooseberry
    Synonym: grosella
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Noun edit

riba ka

  1. (Adamawa) benefit, profit

References edit

  • Tourneux, Henry; Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)[1] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (bank).

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Noun edit

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. (dated, geography) bank
  2. (dated, geography) shore

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Adverb edit

riba

  1. up

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References edit

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

Hausa edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rì.bá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [rɪ̀.bə́]

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r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

  1. bank interest, usury

Etymology 2 edit

Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ríː.bàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ríː.bàː]

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r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

  1. profit
  2. benefit, gain, advantage

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Malay riba, from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈriba/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun edit

riba (first-person possessive ribaku, second-person possessive ribamu, third-person possessive ribanya)

  1. (Islam) interest, usury.
    Synonyms: bunga, renten

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Romanization edit

riba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of リバ

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (to sparkle), raibas (speckled).[1][2] The semantic development was likely 'sparkle' > 'a bright path in the forest' > 'boundary'.

A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (clear, bright) > aikštė (clearing; square, plaza)

Pronunciation edit

  • (ri) IPA(key): [rʲɪˈbɐ]
  • (ba) IPA(key): [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

Noun edit

ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4 [3]

  1. boundary[4] (dividing line or location between two areas)
    šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border
  2. limit[4]
  3. narrow clearing in a forest[5]
  4. beaten path separating two meadows[5]

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(Adjectives)

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References edit

  1. ^ ribėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  2. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “ráibas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
  3. ^ “riba” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. 4.0 4.1 “riba” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 riba”, in lkz.lt [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (lap). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

Noun edit

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

  1. (anatomy) lap
    Synonym: pangku
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun edit

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

  1. (Islam) interest, usury
    Synonym: bunga
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Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: riba

Further reading edit

  • riba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*riba”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rɪˈbɑː/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun edit

riba f

  1. interest (the price of credit)

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Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (to tear, cut).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. shore, bank

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Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish arriba.

Preposition edit

riba

  1. upon
  2. above
  3. on

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ripa.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun edit

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. high, steep bank
    Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira

Adverb edit

riba

  1. above
    Synonyms: acima, arriba

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Serbo-Croatian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rîba/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ba

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rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба, diminutive rȉbica, relational adjective rȉbljī)

  1. fish (animal)
    grabežljiva ribapredator fish
  2. (slang) girl, chick
    • 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list[2]:
      Streljanu današnje generacije znaju samo kao omiljeno kino Tuškanac, gdje smo rado vodili svoje trebe, mačke, ribe, kite i komade i odgledali velik dio svog repertoara vesterna i krimića, gdje se naveliko pucalo.
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  3. (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • riba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

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ríba f

  1. fish

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. ríba
gen. sing. ríbe
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ríba ríbi ríbe
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ríbe ríb ríb
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ríbi ríbama ríbam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ríbo ríbi ríbe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ríbi ríbah ríbah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ríbo ríbama ríbami

Further reading edit

  • riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin rīpa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: ri‧ba

Noun edit

riba f (plural ribas)

  1. (obsolete, often found in compound for names of towns) shore; shoreline

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Swahili edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

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Noun edit

riba (n class, plural riba)

  1. interest
  2. greed, avarice; usury

Yoruba edit

Etymology edit

From Hausa r̃ìba, or Hausa r̃ībā̀ ultimately from Arabic رِبًا (riban) or Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ).

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rìbá

  1. (law) bribery, kickback
    Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ

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