caba
English edit
Noun edit
caba (plural cabas)
- (dated) A cabas, or lady's bag.
- 1860, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, The haunted homestead: and other nouvellettes, page 279:
- Mrs. Sherbourne […] hurriedly searched her pocket, her caba, and her muff, without finding the lost treasure.
Anagrams edit
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish acabar (“to finish”).
Verb edit
caba
- (Saint-Domingue) to finish
- Nou caba planté pièce la vou té ordonné. ― We finished planting the place you ordered.
References edit
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧ba
Noun edit
caba f (plural cabas)
- (Amazonas, Pará) wasp
- Synonyms: vespa, marimbondo, cabatão
Further reading edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish جابا (caba).
Noun edit
caba (definite accusative cabayı, plural cabalar)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | caba | |
Definite accusative | cabayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | caba | cabalar |
Definite accusative | cabayı | cabaları |
Dative | cabaya | cabalara |
Locative | cabada | cabalarda |
Ablative | cabadan | cabalardan |
Genitive | cabanın | cabaların |
References edit
- “caba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “caba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جابا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 633