Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /babˈba/, [bʌbˈbʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Noun edit

babbá m 

  1. dad

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)

  1. (familiar) dad, daddy
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

babba (third person singular past indicative babbaði, third person plural past indicative babbaðu, supine babbað)

  1. to kid
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of babba (group v-30)
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

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

Adjective edit

bàbba (feminine bàbba, plural mânyā)

  1. big, large
    Antonyms: ƙanƙane, ƙarami
  2. great, important
  3. adult

References edit

  1. ^ Newman, Paul (2000) The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar (Yale language series), Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 24

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

bab +‎ -ba

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒbːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Noun edit

babba

  1. illative singular of bab

Nyunga edit

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Adjective edit

babba

  1. bad, foolish, childish, weak

References edit

Sicilian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabba/
  • Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin babbìus (fool).

Noun edit

babba f (plural babbi)

  1. fool, silly, stupid

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin barba (beard).

Noun edit

babba m or f (plural babbi)

  1. (anatomy) beard