See also: holba'

Alabama edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Muskogean *a-xokʷa (to imitate, to copy). Infixed with -l-. Cognate to Chickasaw holba.

Noun edit

holba

  1. art
  2. any image

Verb edit

holba

  1. to create an image

Chickasaw edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Muskogean *xokʷa, interfixed with -l- (v1. formative). Compare Choctaw holba, Alabama holba.

Verb edit

holba

  1. (stative, intransitive) to be photographed

Inflection edit

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Romanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin volvere, present active infinitive of volvō (turn, tumble), with a change in conjugation; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (to turn, wind, round). Compare Aromanian nvolbu, nvulbari, volbu.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

a holba (third-person singular present holbează, past participle holbat) 1st conj.

  1. to goggle, stare at, ogle
    Synonyms: zgâi; (Banat) bâzgoi

Conjugation edit

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