kaba

See also: Kaba, kabā, and Ka'ba

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba
  • IPA(key): /kaˈba/

Noun

kabá

  1. fright
    Synonym: takot

Derived terms

  • kabahan
  • makabahan
  • pakaba

Indonesian

Etymology

From Minangkabau [Term?], from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, news). Doublet of kabar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaba/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba
  • Rhymes: -ba, -a

Noun

kaba (first-person possessive kabaku, second-person possessive kabamu, third-person possessive kabanya)

  1. story
    1. (literature) Minangkabau traditional literature in the form of rhythmic prose, simple sentences with 3-5 words so that it can be said rhythmically or sung, the theme of the story is various, such as heroism, adventure, consolation, and love stories

Further reading


Japanese

Romanization

kaba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かば
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カバ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese acabar.

Verb

kaba

  1. end, finish

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese acabar.

Verb

kaba

  1. to end, to finish, to come to an end

Particle

kaba

  1. Perfective marker.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba
  • IPA(key): /kaˈba/, [kɐˈba]

Noun

kabá

  1. premonition; foreboding

Tboli

Noun

kaba

  1. large cockroach

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قبه (kaba), from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *kāp- (to swell; thick, swollen).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑbɑ]

Adjective

kaba

  1. rude; coarse, unrefined; vulgar
  2. swollen, large

Derived terms

  • kabarmak

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *kāp-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

  • kaba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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