aba

aba

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abé.

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa). Compare abaya.

• abba

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbɑ/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑː, (General American) -ɑ

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 19^th 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.

3. An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.

• abaya

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.bə/
• Rhymes: -æbə

aba (plural abas)

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

aba (plural abas)

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

• Aba in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• 1889 Century Dictionary, volume 1 page 3

• AAB, BAA, baa

• Tone: LH[1]

aba (plural aba)

1. seed(s)[2][1]
2. fruit[2][1]

• wawa aba

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

• IPA^(key): [aˈba]

aba f (indefinite plural aba, definite singular abaja, definite plural abat)

1. (old) thin felt (usually white or gray)

aba

1. (Western Arawak) one.

• ábą

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈbɑ/

• Audio (Baku)

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• Hyphenation: a‧ba

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *apa (“father”).

aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)

1. (Gadabay, Quba, Ordubad, Zangilan) father

   Synonym: ata

Inherited from Common Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”).

aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)

1. (Jabrayil, Qakh, Shamkir, Tabriz) mother

   Synonym: ana

2. (dialectal) elder sister
3. (dialectal) elder sister-in-law

Derived from Arabic عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa).

aba (definite accusative abanı, plural abalar)

1. aba

• Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “aba I”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →ISBN, page 11a
• Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “aba II”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →ISBN, page 11a
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*apa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*appa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Coined by Sabino Arana in the 19th century, from a misinterpretation of the kinship suffix -ba.

• IPA^(key): /aba/, [a.β̞a]

aba anim

1. (rare) father

   Synonym: aita

• “aba” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

• IPA^(key): /aβa/

aba

1. maize
2. corncob
3. maize crop

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaba/

aba f (plural abe)

1. Alternative form of apa

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

aba f

1. fish

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈpa/

aba

1. father

• IPA^(key): /ˈapa/

aba

1. paternal uncle (father's younger brother)

aba

1. taro

aba

1. mat[1]
2. bed[1]

Uncertain. Cognate with Portuguese aba, Spanish álabe, French aube, Romanian aripă.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaβa̝/

aba f (plural abas)

1. slope, hillside

   Synonyms: faldra, pé

2. apron, smock; folds of a shirt or dress

   Synonym: faldra

3. (anatomy) lap

   Synonym: colo

4. brim of a hat
5. rim

• abada
• abeaca
• abeiro

• “aba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aba” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “aba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “aba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

aba

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌰

abá

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

abâ

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

abá

1. (anatomy) shoulder blade

abá

1. To carry on one's back

• abah

From Malay aba, from Classical Malay [script needed] (aba), from Arabic أب‎, from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Doublet of abbas, abi, and abu.

aba

1. A human male who begets a child; father

• (parent): see Thesaurus:ayah

aba

1. Only used in ar aba

aba m sg

1. genitive singular of ab

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “aba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

aba

1. (Banawá) fish

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

From Middle Low German ebbe (“tide”). Compare English ebb and Dutch eb.

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

aba f

1. (regional, Hel Peninsula) ebb, the receding movement of the tide
2. (regional, Hel Peninsula) ebb tide
3. (regional, Hel Peninsula) tide, any periodic change in sea level

• abowac (“to wave, to tide”)

• Wiesław Boryś; Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994), “aba”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, →ISBN

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

aba

1. alias, AKA, or

aba

1. (archaic) just
2. (archaic) just now

• nupat
• tikko
• patlaban

aba

1. (archaic) or

• vai

aba

1. (archaic) both

• abi

aba m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

• abba

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

aba

1. (dialectal) father

• aba in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /abə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /aba/
• Rhymes: -abə, -bə, -ə

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

• abah, bah

aba (Jawi spelling اب‎, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)

1. Alternative form of abah

From Arabic أَب‎ (ʾab).

aba (Jawi spelling اب‎, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)

1. father (male parent)

Shortened form of haba.

• haba

aba (Jawi spelling اب‎, plural aba-aba, informal 1st possessive abaku, 2nd possessive abamu, 3rd possessive abanya)

1. Alternative form of haba

Akin to Tagalog haba.

aba

1. long

Borrowed from English harbor.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɑbˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰæpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {habah}

aba

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

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Borrowed from Spanish haba (“bean; bump, nodule; equine palatitis”), from Latin faba (“bean”).

• IPA^(key): /ǎβa/

ǎba

1. equine palatitis

• ndodi

• Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎ (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3

aba

1. genitive singular of ab

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaβ̞a/

aba

1. hair

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaβ̞a/, /ˈtaβ̞a/

aba

1. village, especially a typical Brazilian indigenous village.

• 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.

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

• Hyphenation: a‧ba
• IPA^(key): /aˈba/, [aˈba]
• Rhymes: -a

abá

1. taro

From Latin alapa (“slap, smack”). Cognate with Galician aba.

• Rhymes: -abɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba

aba f (plural abas)

1. brim (of a hat)

   a aba do chapéu

   the brim of the hat

2. flap (hinged leaf of furniture)
3. bank (of a river)

   Synonym: margem

4. (computing) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)

• abar
• desabar

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ba

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

aba f (uncountable)

1. Thick woollen fabric, usually white, from which country-style clothing is often made.

• dimie

• pănură
• țesătură

aba

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

• aba in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From Latin ava, feminine of avus.

aba f (plural abas)

1. grandmother

From Latin ala.

• ala

aba f (plural abas)

1. wing

• ab

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈapə/
• Hyphenation: a‧ba

aba m (genitive singular aba, plural abachan)

1. 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.

• abaid

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “aba”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Malcolm MacLennan (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
• Colin Mark (2003), “aba”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 5

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

aba f (Cyrillic spelling аба)

1. (regional) aba

• “aba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): [ˈaba]

aba f (genitive singular aby, declension pattern of žena)

1. aba, abaya

   Synonym: abája

• aba in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

-aba

1. to divide, to distribute

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

The Royal Spanish Academy proposes that it was introduced to Spanish from Arabic and notes some controversy over Moorish origin.[1]

¡aba!

1. caution

• “aba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

aba

1. Romanization of 𒀊 (aba)

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

-ába

1. (transitive) to share
2. (transitive) to distribute

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Hyphenation: a‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbaʔ/, [ʔɐˈbaʔ]

abâ

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

• Hyphenation: a‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈba/, [ʔɐˈba]

• Audio

  (file)

abá

1. an exclamation of surprise, wonder, or admiration; wow

   Synonym: naku

   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.

From Spanish ave.

abá

1. hail!

   Aba Ginoong Maria!

   Hail Mary!; Ave Maria!

• Aba Ginoong Maria

abá

1. act of greeting or calling the attention of someone

   Synonyms: bati, pagbati

2. reminder or call of attention for someone about something

   Synonyms: banggit, ino, pagbanggit, pag-ino

aba

1. Latin spelling of аба (aba)

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ba]

aba

1. father

   Synonym: baba

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): /ɑbɑ/

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

aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)

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

From Arabic عَبَاءَة‎ (ʿabāʾa).

aba (definite accusative abayı, plural abalar)

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

• aba güreşi

From Ottoman Turkish آبا‎ (aba), from Arabic آباء‎ (ʾābāʾ).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːbɑː/

aba

1. (archaic) fathers
2. (archaic) ancestors, forefathers
3. (archaic) Christian monks

aba

1. dative singular of ab

• aba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Compare Venetian àcua and Italian acqua.

aba f (plural abe)

1. (Belluno, Informal) water

• (Belluno) àiva
• (Belluno, Informal) buba

aba

1. (Loli) fat
2. (Loli) mouth

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010), “aba”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat

From Mandarin 阿爸 (ābà).

• IPA^(key): [apa]

aba

1. father

   Synonym: ha

   Coordinate terms: ana, ma

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

-aba

1. (transitive) to share
2. (transitive) to distribute

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [âːɓa]

âba

1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

• IPA^(key): /à.bá/

àbá

1. idea, suggestion

• IPA^(key): /ā.bà/

abà

1. barn, village

   Synonym: ahéré

   Synonym: abúlé

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ba (“to brood, to incubate”)

• IPA^(key): /à.bā/

àba

1. incubation

• IPA^(key): /ā.bá/

abá

1. type of mat

   Synonym: ẹní

• IPA^(key): /à.bá/

àbá

1. (Ekiti) father

   Synonyms: bàbá, aba

   Antonyms: iye, eye

2. (Ekiti) a term of familiarity or respect for an older man or male relative

   Synonyms: bàbá, aba

• IPA^(key): /ʔaba/

aba

1. father
2. paternal uncle (among the wegi clan); maternal uncle (sometimes)

• Sense 2 refers to blood relations only
• Most often used as a form of address, rather than a noun proper.

• kisir

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

aba f

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

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

-aba

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