aba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"

English

An aba (garment).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa). Compare abaya.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

aba (countable and uncountable, plural abas)

  1. A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
  2. A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]
    • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 110:
      'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.'
    • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
      Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

  • From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.bə/

Noun

aba (plural abas)

  1. An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.

Etymology 3

Noun

aba (plural abas)

  1. The electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus (the frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
Translations

References

  1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 2

Anagrams

Dení

Noun

aba f

  1. fish

References

  • “aba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

aba

  1. taro

Ewe

Noun

aba

  1. mat

Galician

Noun

aba f (plural abas)

  1. slope, hillside
  2. apron, smock
  3. seashore, edge
  4. brim
  5. outskirts, environs

Gothic

Romanization

aba

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌰

Hiligaynon

Interjection

abá

  1. alas, gosh, well, whew
  2. wow

Interjection

abâ

  1. (questioning) really
  2. (questioning) ah, oh

Noun

abá

  1. (anatomy) shoulder blade

Verb

abá

  1. To carry on one's back

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay aba, from Arabic أب‎, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba)

  1. father (male parent)

Irish

Noun

aba

  1. Only used in ar aba

Noun

aba m sg

  1. genitive singular of ab

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aba n-aba haba not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Jamamadí

Noun

aba

  1. (Banawá) fish

References

Latgalian

Etymology

Shortened from an older Baltic form *arba, which is preserved in Lithuanian as arba (the meaning differs just slightly).

Conjunction

aba

  1. alias, AKA, or

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Noun

aba

  1. father

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Alternative forms

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب)

  1. Alternative form of abah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أبٌ‎, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.

Alternative forms

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب, plural aba-aba)

  1. father (male parent)

Etymology 3

Shortened form of haba.

Alternative forms

Noun

aba (Jawi spelling اب)

  1. Alternative form of haba

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English harbor.

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {habah}
  • IPA(key): /ɰapˠaɰ/, [ɑ̯ɑbˠɑɑ̯]

Noun

aba

  1. a harbor.
  2. an anchorage.
  3. a port.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Noun

aba

  1. genitive singular of ab

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
abaunchangedn-aba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Tupi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaβ̞a/

Noun

aba

  1. hair

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaβ̞a/, /ˈtaβ̞a/

Noun

aba

  1. village, especially a typical Brazilian indigenous village.
Usage notes
  • The stem aba could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form taba was used whenever the noun was not possessed.

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin alapa (“slap, smack”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.βɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba
  • Rhymes: -aba

Noun

aba f (plural abas)

  1. brim (of a hat)
    a aba do chapéu
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. flap (hinged leaf of furniture)
  3. bank (of a river)
  4. (computing) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • aba in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈba/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا‎ (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa).

Noun

aba

  1. Thick wool-fabric, usually white, from which country-style clothing is often made.
Synonyms
  • dimie

See also

Etymology 2

Interjection

aba

  1. An interjection that expresses wonder or draws attention to something.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא‎ (’abbā, “father”).

Noun

aba m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)

  1. (Christianity) abbot
    An nì a nì an dara h-aba subhach, nì e dubhach an t-aba eile.
    What makes the one abbot glad makes the other abbot sad.

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aban-abah-abat-aba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبا‎ (abâ) (Turkish aba), from Arabic عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa).

Noun

aba f (Cyrillic spelling аба)

  1. (regional) aba

Further reading

  • “aba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ɐˈbaʔ/

Adjective

aba or ᜀᜊ

  1. poor, indigent
    Synonyms: dukha, maralita, hirap, mahirap
    Tulungan natin ang mga abang pamilya.
    Let's help the poor families.
  2. humble; ordinary
    Synonyms: karaniwan, pangkaraniwan
  3. oppressed, abused
    Synonyms: api, inapi, api-apihan
  4. unfortunate
    Synonym: kaawa-awa
  5. mean, despicable
    Synonym: hamak

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ɐˈba/
  • Audio(file)

Interjection

aba! (Baybayin ᜀᜊ)

  1. an exclamation of surprise, wonder, or admiration; Wow!
    Aba! Bakit ngayon mo lang sinabi?
    Hey! How come you only said it now?
    Aba! Ikaw ang bahala.
    Well! Do as you please.
    Aba oo.
    But of course.
  2. Hail!
    Aba Ginoong Maria!
    Hail Mary!; Ave Maria!

See also

Noun

aba or ᜀᜊ

  1. act of greeting or calling the attention of someone
  2. a reminding or calling the attention of someone about something

See also

  • bati, pagbati
  • ino, pag-ino, banggit, pagbanggit

Verb

aba or ᜀᜊ

  1. To mistreat.
    Huwag mo namang abain ang iyong hipag.
    Don't treat your sister-in-law badly.

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aba/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).

Noun

aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)

  1. (dialectal) elder sister
  2. (dialectal) mother

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa).

Noun

aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)

  1. felt (a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic آباء‎ (ʾābāʾ).

  • IPA(key): /ɑːbɑː/

Noun

aba

  1. (archaic) fathers
  2. (archaic) ancestors, forefathers
  3. (archaic) Christian monks
Declension
Inflection
Nominative aba
Definite accusative abayı
Singular Plural
Nominative aba abalar
Definite accusative abayı abaları
Dative abaya abalara
Locative abada abalarda
Ablative abadan abalardan
Genitive abanın abaların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular abam abalarım
2nd singular aban abaların
3rd singular abası abaları
1st plural abamız abalarımız
2nd plural abanız abalarınız
3rd plural abaları abaları

Etymology 4

Noun

aba

  1. dative singular of ab

Further reading

  • aba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

Verb

-aba

  1. (transitive) to divide, to apportion, to distribute
  2. (transitive) to share

Inflection

Tone L
Infinitive ukwaba
Positive Negative
Infinitive ukwaba ukungabi
Imperative
Simple + object concord
Singular yaba yabe
Plural yabani yabeni
Present
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngiyaba, ngaba engabayo, engaba ngaba angabi engingabi ngingabi
2nd singular uyaba, waba owabayo, owaba waba awabi ongabi ungabi
1st plural siyaba, saba esabayo, esaba saba asabi esingabi singabi
2nd plural niyaba, naba enabayo, enaba naba anabi eningabi ningabi
Class 1 uyaba, waba owabayo, owaba aba akabi ongabi engabi
Class 2 bayaba, baba ababayo, ababa baba ababi abangabi bengabi
Class 3 uyaba, waba owabayo, owaba waba awabi ongabi ungabi
Class 4 iyaba, yaba eyabayo, eyaba yaba ayabi engabi ingabi
Class 5 liyaba, laba elabayo, elaba laba alabi elingabi lingabi
Class 6 ayaba, aba abayo, aba aba awabi angabi engabi
Class 7 siyaba, saba esabayo, esaba saba asabi esingabi singabi
Class 8 ziyaba, zaba ezabayo, ezaba zaba azabi ezingabi zingabi
Class 9 iyaba, yaba eyabayo, eyaba yaba ayabi engabi ingabi
Class 10 ziyaba, zaba ezabayo, ezaba zaba azabi ezingabi zingabi
Class 11 luyaba, lwaba olwabayo, olwaba lwaba alwabi olungabi lungabi
Class 14 buyaba, baba obabayo, obaba baba ababi obungabi bungabi
Class 15 kuyaba, kwaba okwabayo, okwaba kwaba akwabi okungabi kungabi
Class 17 kuyaba, kwaba okwabayo, okwaba kwaba akwabi okungabi kungabi
Recent past
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngabile, ngabē engabile, engabē ngabile, ngabē angabanga engingabanga ngingabanga
2nd singular wabile, wabē owabile, owabē wabile, wabē awabanga ongabanga ungabanga
1st plural sabile, sabē esabile, esabē sabile, sabē asabanga esingabanga singabanga
2nd plural nabile, nabē enabile, enabē nabile, nabē anabanga eningabanga ningabanga
Class 1 wabile, wabē owabile, owabē abile, abē akabanga ongabanga engabanga
Class 2 babile, babē ababile, ababē babile, babē ababanga abangabanga bengabanga
Class 3 wabile, wabē owabile, owabē wabile, wabē awabanga ongabanga ungabanga
Class 4 yabile, yabē eyabile, eyabē yabile, yabē ayabanga engabanga ingabanga
Class 5 labile, labē elabile, elabē labile, labē alabanga elingabanga lingabanga
Class 6 abile, abē abile, abē abile, abē awabanga angabanga engabanga
Class 7 sabile, sabē esabile, esabē sabile, sabē asabanga esingabanga singabanga
Class 8 zabile, zabē ezabile, ezabē zabile, zabē azabanga ezingabanga zingabanga
Class 9 yabile, yabē eyabile, eyabē yabile, yabē ayabanga engabanga ingabanga
Class 10 zabile, zabē ezabile, ezabē zabile, zabē azabanga ezingabanga zingabanga
Class 11 lwabile, lwabē olwabile, olwabē lwabile, lwabē alwabanga olungabanga lungabanga
Class 14 babile, babē obabile, obabē babile, babē ababanga obungabanga bungabanga
Class 15 kwabile, kwabē okwabile, okwabē kwabile, kwabē akwabanga okungabanga kungabanga
Class 17 kwabile, kwabē okwabile, okwabē kwabile, kwabē akwabanga okungabanga kungabanga
Remote past
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngāba engāba ngāba angabanga engingabanga ngingabanga
2nd singular wāba owāba wāba awabanga ongabanga ungabanga
1st plural sāba esāba sāba asabanga esingabanga singabanga
2nd plural nāba enāba nāba anabanga eningabanga ningabanga
Class 1 wāba owāba āba akabanga ongabanga engabanga
Class 2 bāba abāba bāba ababanga abangabanga bengabanga
Class 3 wāba owāba wāba awabanga ongabanga ungabanga
Class 4 yāba eyāba yāba ayabanga engabanga ingabanga
Class 5 lāba elāba lāba alabanga elingabanga lingabanga
Class 6 āba āba āba awabanga angabanga engabanga
Class 7 sāba esāba sāba asabanga esingabanga singabanga
Class 8 zāba ezāba zāba azabanga ezingabanga zingabanga
Class 9 yāba eyāba yāba ayabanga engabanga ingabanga
Class 10 zāba ezāba zāba azabanga ezingabanga zingabanga
Class 11 lwāba olwāba lwāba alwabanga olungabanga lungabanga
Class 14 bāba obāba bāba ababanga obungabanga bungabanga
Class 15 kwāba okwāba kwāba akwabanga okungabanga kungabanga
Class 17 kwāba okwāba kwāba akwabanga okungabanga kungabanga
Potential
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngingaba — ngingaba ngingabe — ngingabe
2nd singular ungaba — ungaba ungabe — ungabe
1st plural singaba — singaba singabe — singabe
2nd plural ningaba — ningaba ningabe — ningabe
Class 1 angaba — engaba angabe — engabe
Class 2 bangaba — bengaba bangabe — bengabe
Class 3 ungaba — ungaba ungabe — ungabe
Class 4 ingaba — ingaba ingabe — ingabe
Class 5 lingaba — lingaba lingabe — lingabe
Class 6 angaba — engaba angabe — engabe
Class 7 singaba — singaba singabe — singabe
Class 8 zingaba — zingaba zingabe — zingabe
Class 9 ingaba — ingaba ingabe — ingabe
Class 10 zingaba — zingaba zingabe — zingabe
Class 11 lungaba — lungaba lungabe — lungabe
Class 14 bungaba — bungaba bungabe — bungabe
Class 15 kungaba — kungaba kungabe — kungabe
Class 17 kungaba — kungaba kungabe — kungabe
Immediate future
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngizokwaba engizokwaba ngizokwaba angizukwaba — ngingezukwaba
2nd singular uzokwaba ozokwaba uzokwaba awuzukwaba — ungezukwaba
1st plural sizokwaba esizokwaba sizokwaba asizukwaba — singezukwaba
2nd plural nizokwaba enizokwaba nizokwaba anizukwaba — ningezukwaba
Class 1 uzokwaba ozokwaba ezokwaba akazukwaba — engezukwaba
Class 2 bazokwaba abazokwaba bezokwaba abazukwaba — bengezukwaba
Class 3 uzokwaba ozokwaba uzokwaba awuzukwaba — ungezukwaba
Class 4 izokwaba ezokwaba izokwaba ayizukwaba — ingezukwaba
Class 5 lizokwaba elizokwaba lizokwaba alizukwaba — lingezukwaba
Class 6 azokwaba azokwaba ezokwaba awazukwaba — engezukwaba
Class 7 sizokwaba esizokwaba sizokwaba asizukwaba — singezukwaba
Class 8 zizokwaba ezizokwaba zizokwaba azizukwaba — zingezukwaba
Class 9 izokwaba ezokwaba izokwaba ayizukwaba — ingezukwaba
Class 10 zizokwaba ezizokwaba zizokwaba azizukwaba — zingezukwaba
Class 11 luzokwaba oluzokwaba luzokwaba aluzukwaba — lungezukwaba
Class 14 buzokwaba obuzokwaba buzokwaba abuzukwaba — bungezukwaba
Class 15 kuzokwaba okuzokwaba kuzokwaba akuzukwaba — kungezukwaba
Class 17 kuzokwaba okuzokwaba kuzokwaba akuzukwaba — kungezukwaba
Remote future
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngiyokwaba engiyokwaba ngiyokwaba angiyukwaba — ngingeyukwaba
2nd singular uyokwaba oyokwaba uyokwaba awuyukwaba — ungeyukwaba
1st plural siyokwaba esiyokwaba siyokwaba asiyukwaba — singeyukwaba
2nd plural niyokwaba eniyokwaba niyokwaba aniyukwaba — ningeyukwaba
Class 1 uyokwaba oyokwaba eyokwaba akayukwaba — engeyukwaba
Class 2 bayokwaba abayokwaba beyokwaba abayukwaba — bengeyukwaba
Class 3 uyokwaba oyokwaba uyokwaba awuyukwaba — ungeyukwaba
Class 4 iyokwaba eyokwaba iyokwaba ayiyukwaba — ingeyukwaba
Class 5 liyokwaba eliyokwaba liyokwaba aliyukwaba — lingeyukwaba
Class 6 ayokwaba ayokwaba eyokwaba awayukwaba — engeyukwaba
Class 7 siyokwaba esiyokwaba siyokwaba asiyukwaba — singeyukwaba
Class 8 ziyokwaba eziyokwaba ziyokwaba aziyukwaba — zingeyukwaba
Class 9 iyokwaba eyokwaba iyokwaba ayiyukwaba — ingeyukwaba
Class 10 ziyokwaba eziyokwaba ziyokwaba aziyukwaba — zingeyukwaba
Class 11 luyokwaba oluyokwaba luyokwaba aluyukwaba — lungeyukwaba
Class 14 buyokwaba obuyokwaba buyokwaba abuyukwaba — bungeyukwaba
Class 15 kuyokwaba okuyokwaba kuyokwaba akuyukwaba — kungeyukwaba
Class 17 kuyokwaba okuyokwaba kuyokwaba akuyukwaba — kungeyukwaba
Present subjunctive
Positive Negative
1st singular ngabe ngingabi
2nd singular wabe ungabi
1st plural sabe singabi
2nd plural nabe ningabi
Class 1 abe angabi
Class 2 babe bangabi
Class 3 wabe ungabi
Class 4 yabe ingabi
Class 5 labe lingabi
Class 6 abe angabi
Class 7 sabe singabi
Class 8 zabe zingabi
Class 9 yabe ingabi
Class 10 zabe zingabi
Class 11 lwabe lungabi
Class 14 babe bungabi
Class 15 kwabe kungabi
Class 17 kwabe kungabi
Past subjunctive
Positive Negative
1st singular ngaba angaba
2nd singular waba awaba
1st plural saba asaba
2nd plural naba anaba
Class 1 waba akaba
Class 2 baba ababa
Class 3 waba awaba
Class 4 yaba ayaba
Class 5 laba alaba
Class 6 aba awaba
Class 7 saba asaba
Class 8 zaba azaba
Class 9 yaba ayaba
Class 10 zaba azaba
Class 11 lwaba alwaba
Class 14 baba ababa
Class 15 kwaba akwaba
Class 17 kwaba akwaba

Derived terms

  • -abela (applicative)
  • -abisa (causative)
  • -abisisa (intensive)
  • -abeka (neuter-passive)
  • -abiwa (passive)
  • -abana (reciprocal)
  • umabi
  • umabo

References

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