Polabian edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.

Noun edit

babă f

  1. grandmother

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References edit

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    Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “babə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), numbers 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 22
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “babă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Baba”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 10

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic баба (baba), from Proto-Slavic *baba (old woman).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈba.bə]
  • Rhymes: -abə
  • (file)

Noun edit

babă f (plural babe)

  1. old woman
    Synonyms: bătrână, vârstnică

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