aba
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
aba
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa). Compare abaya.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbɑː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbɑ/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑː, (General American) -ɑ
NounEdit
aba (countable and uncountable, plural abas)
- A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
- A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 110:
- 'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.'
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
- Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.
- An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
- From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba (plural abas)
- An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
aba (plural abas)
- The electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aba”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Further readingEdit
- Aba in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- 1889 Century Dictionary, volume 1 page 3
AnagramsEdit
AkanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Tone: LH[1]
NounEdit
aba (plural aba)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “aba”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[1], Basel, page 2
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba f (indefinite plural aba, definite singular abaja, definite plural abat)
ArawakEdit
NumeralEdit
aba
- (Western Arawak) one.
SynonymsEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
Cyrillic | аба | |
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Perso-Arabic |
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *apa (“father”).
NounEdit
aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)
Etymology 2Edit
Inherited from Common Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).
NounEdit
aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)
- (Jabrayil, Qakh, Shamkir, Tabriz) mother
- Synonym: ana
- (dialectal) elder sister
- (dialectal) elder sister-in-law
DeclensionEdit
Declension of aba | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | aba |
abalar | ||||||
definite accusative | abanı |
abaları | ||||||
dative | abaya |
abalara | ||||||
locative | abada |
abalarda | ||||||
ablative | abadan |
abalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | abanın |
abaların |
Etymology 3Edit
Derived from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
NounEdit
aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of aba | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | aba |
abalar | ||||||
definite accusative | abanı |
abaları | ||||||
dative | abaya |
abalara | ||||||
locative | abada |
abalarda | ||||||
ablative | abadan |
abalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | abanın |
abaların |
ReferencesEdit
- Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “aba I”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →ISBN, page 11a
- Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “aba II”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →ISBN, page 11a
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*apa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*appa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
BasqueEdit
EtymologyEdit
Coined by Sabino Arana in the 19th century, from a misinterpretation of the kinship suffix -ba.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba anim
DeclensionEdit
Declension of aba (animate, ending in -a) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | aba | aba | abak |
ergative | abak | abak | abek |
dative | abari | abari | abei |
genitive | abaren | abaren | aben |
comitative | abarekin | abarekin | abekin |
causative | abarengatik | abarengatik | abengatik |
benefactive | abarentzat | abarentzat | abentzat |
instrumental | abaz | abaz | abez |
inessive | abarengan | abarengan | abengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | abarengana | abarengana | abengana |
terminative | abarenganaino | abarenganaino | abenganaino |
directive | abarenganantz | abarenganantz | abenganantz |
destinative | abarenganako | abarenganako | abenganako |
ablative | abarengandik | abarengandik | abengandik |
partitive | abarik | — | — |
prolative | abatzat | — | — |
Derived termsEdit
- aberri (“fatherland”) (see there for further derivations)
Further readingEdit
- “aba” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
ChibchaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
ReferencesEdit
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
CorsicanEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba f (plural abe)
- Alternative form of apa
ReferencesEdit
DeníEdit
NounEdit
aba f
ReferencesEdit
- “aba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.
DongxiangEdit
Pronunciation 1Edit
NounEdit
aba
Pronunciation 2Edit
NounEdit
aba
Dupaningan AgtaEdit
NounEdit
aba
EweEdit
NounEdit
aba
ReferencesEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Uncertain. Cognate with Portuguese aba, Spanish álabe, French aube, Romanian aripă.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba f (plural abas)
- slope, hillside
- apron, smock; folds of a shirt or dress
- Synonym: faldra
- (anatomy) lap
- Synonym: colo
- brim of a hat
- rim
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “aba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “aba” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “aba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “álabe”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
aba
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌰
HiligaynonEdit
InterjectionEdit
abá
InterjectionEdit
abâ
NounEdit
abá
VerbEdit
abá
IndonesianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Malay aba, from Classical Malay [script needed] (aba), from Arabic أب, from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Doublet of abbas, abi, and abu.
NounEdit
aba
SynonymsEdit
- (parent): see Thesaurus:ayah
IrishEdit
NounEdit
aba
- Only used in ar aba
NounEdit
aba m sg
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aba | n-aba | haba | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “aba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
JamamadíEdit
NounEdit
aba
- (Banawá) fish
ReferencesEdit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
KashubianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle Low German ebbe (“tide”). Compare English ebb and Dutch eb.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba f
- (regional, Hel Peninsula) ebb, the receding movement of the tide
- (regional, Hel Peninsula) ebb tide
- (regional, Hel Peninsula) tide, any periodic change in sea level
Derived termsEdit
- abowac (“to wave, to tide”)
ReferencesEdit
- Wiesław Boryś; Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994), “aba”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, →ISBN
LatgalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortened from an older Baltic form *arba, which is preserved in Lithuanian as arba (the meaning differs just slightly).
ConjunctionEdit
aba
LatvianEdit
AdverbEdit
aba
SynonymsEdit
ConjunctionEdit
aba
SynonymsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
aba
SynonymsEdit
NounEdit
aba m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)
- (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
MalagasyEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
NounEdit
aba
Further readingEdit
- aba in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /abə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aba/
- Rhymes: -abə, -bə, -ə
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Malayic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- Alternative form of abah
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- father (male parent)
Etymology 3Edit
Shortened form of haba.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)
- Alternative form of haba
MansakaEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
aba
MarshalleseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
Further readingEdit
Mezquital OtomiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish haba (“bean; bump, nodule; equine palatitis”), from Latin faba (“bean”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ǎba
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)[3] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3
Middle IrishEdit
NounEdit
aba
MutationEdit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
aba | unchanged | n-aba |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old TupiEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
- village, especially a typical Brazilian indigenous village.
Usage notesEdit
- The stem aba could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form taba was used whenever the noun was not possessed.
ReferencesEdit
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
PangasinanEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abá
Related termsEdit
Part or all of this Pangasinan entry has been imported from the 1865 edition of Diccionario pangasinan-español. The imported definitions may be significantly outdated, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin alapa (“slap, smack”). Cognate with Galician aba.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -abɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧ba
NounEdit
aba f (plural abas)
- brim (of a hat)
- a aba do chapéu
- the brim of the hat
- flap (hinged leaf of furniture)
- bank (of a river)
- Synonym: margem
- (computing) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “aba” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
NounEdit
aba f (uncountable)
- Thick woollen fabric, usually white, from which country-style clothing is often made.
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
InterjectionEdit
aba
- An interjection that expresses wonder or draws attention to something.
Further readingEdit
- aba in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
SardinianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin ava, feminine of avus.
NounEdit
aba f (plural abas)
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
aba f (plural abas)
Scottish GaelicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish abb, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)
- abbot
- An nì a nì an dara h-aba subhach, nì e dubhach an t-aba eile.
- What makes the one abbot glad makes the other abbot sad.
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aba | n-aba | h-aba | t-aba |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “aba”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Malcolm MacLennan (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
- Colin Mark (2003), “aba”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 5
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
NounEdit
aba f (Cyrillic spelling аба)
Further readingEdit
- “aba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba f (genitive singular aby, declension pattern of žena)
ReferencesEdit
- aba in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Southern NdebeleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
VerbEdit
-aba
- to divide, to distribute
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
The Royal Spanish Academy proposes that it was introduced to Spanish from Arabic and notes some controversy over Moorish origin.[1]
InterjectionEdit
¡aba!
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Corriente, Federico (2019-03-11), “Boletín de información lingüística de la Real Academia Española”, in NOTAS A LOS ARABISMOS Y OTROS «EXOTISMOS» EN DLE 2014[2] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy
Further readingEdit
- “aba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
aba
- Romanization of 𒀊 (aba)
SwaziEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
VerbEdit
-ába
- (transitive) to share
- (transitive) to distribute
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
TagalogEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
abâ
- poor, indigent
- humble; ordinary
- Synonyms: karaniwan, pangkaraniwan
- oppressed, abused
- Synonyms: api, inapi, api-apihan
- unfortunate
- Synonym: kaawa-awa
- mean, despicable
- Synonym: hamak
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
abá
- an exclamation of surprise, wonder, or admiration; wow
- Synonym: naku
- Aba! Bakit ngayon mo lang sinabi?
- Hey! How come you only said it now?
- Aba! Ikaw ang bahala.
- Well! Do as you please.
- Aba oo.
- But of course.
Etymology 3Edit
InterjectionEdit
abá
- hail!
- Aba Ginoong Maria!
- Hail Mary!; Ave Maria!
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
abá
- act of greeting or calling the attention of someone
- reminder or call of attention for someone about something
- Synonyms: banggit, ino, pagbanggit, pag-ino
Derived termsEdit
TatarEdit
NounEdit
aba
- Latin spelling of аба (aba)
TernateEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
ReferencesEdit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).
NounEdit
aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)
Etymology 2Edit
From Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa).
NounEdit
aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)
- felt (a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Ottoman Turkish آبا (aba), from Arabic آباء (ʔābāʔ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
DeclensionEdit
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Nominative | aba | abalar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | abayı | abaları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | abaya | abalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | abada | abalarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | abadan | abalardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | abanın | abaların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
aba
Further readingEdit
- aba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare Venetian àcua and Italian acqua.
NounEdit
aba f (plural abe)
- (Belluno, Informal) water
Related termsEdit
WeyewaEdit
NounEdit
aba
ReferencesEdit
- Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010), “aba”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat
WutunhuaEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
ReferencesEdit
XhosaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
VerbEdit
-aba
- (transitive) to share
- (transitive) to distribute
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
âba
- these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.
YorubaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
àbá
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abà
Etymology 3Edit
à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ba (“to brood, to incubate”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
àba
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abá
Etymology 5Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
àbá
- (Ekiti) father
- (Ekiti) a term of familiarity or respect for an older man or male relative
- Synonyms: bàbá, aba
Derived termsEdit
- ababa (“grandfather, paternal grandfather”)
- abaye (“grandfather, maternal grandfather”)
ZaghawaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aba
- father
- paternal uncle (among the wegi clan); maternal uncle (sometimes)
Usage notesEdit
- Sense 2 refers to blood relations only
- Most often used as a form of address, rather than a noun proper.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
ZazakiEdit
NounEdit
aba
- felt (a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres)
ZuluEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
VerbEdit
-aba
- (transitive) to divide, to apportion, to distribute
- (transitive) to share
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- -abela (applicative)
- -abisa (causative)
- -abisisa (intensive)
- -abeka (neuter-passive)
- -abiwa (passive)
- -abana (reciprocal)
- umabi
- umabo
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “aɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “aɓa (6.3)”