Maba

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin maba, from Tongan maba or Tongan mapa.

Proper noun

Maba f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Ebenaceae – certain plants, now merged into Diospyros.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ebenaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): See Maba at The Plant List

References

• Maba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Maba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Maba at The Plant List

English

Noun

Maba pl (plural only)

1. A minority ethnic group found primarily in the mountainous Ouaddaï region of eastern Chad and adjacent areas of Sudan.

Proper noun

Maba

1. The Nilo-Saharan language of these people.