babba
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babbá m
References edit
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *bō-. Compare Saterland Frisian Baabe (“father, dad”).
Noun edit
babba m (genitive singular babba, plural babba)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
babba (third person singular past indicative babbaði, third person plural past indicative babbaðu, supine babbað)
- to kid
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of babba (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | babba | |
supine | babbað | |
participle (a6)1 | babbandi | babbaður |
present | past | |
first singular | babbi | babbaði |
second singular | babbar | babbaði |
third singular | babbar | babbaði |
plural | babba | babbaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | babba! | |
plural | babbið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Synonyms edit
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. The suppletive plural may have once been the singular, and has plentiful cognates within Chadic, e.g. Kanakuru manjò (“old”, singular).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bàbba (feminine bàbba, plural mânyā)
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Hungarian edit
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Noun edit
babba
Nyunga edit
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Adjective edit
babba
- bad, foolish, childish, weak
References edit
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
Sicilian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
babba f (plural babbi)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
babba m or f (plural babbi)