riba

From Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

riba (uncountable)

1. (Muslim finance): interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.

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From Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

riba f (plural ribes)

1. coast

• ribatge
• ribera

From Arabic رِيبَاس‎ (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).

riba f (plural ribes)

1. currant, gooseberry

   Synonym: grosella

• (gooseberry): agrassó

• riber

• “riba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “riba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈriβa̝/

riba f (plural ribas)

1. (dated, geography) bank
2. (dated, geography) shore

riba

1. up

• aínda por riba
• por riba
• por riba de

• arriba

• “riba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “riba” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “riba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “riba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “riba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

• IPA^(key): /rì.bá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rɪ̀.bə́]

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

1. bank interest, usury

Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح‎ (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.

• IPA^(key): /ríː.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ríː.bàː]

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

1. profit
2. benefit, gain, advantage

From Malay riba, from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

• IPA^(key): /ˈriba/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

riba (first-person possessive ribaku, second-person possessive ribamu, third-person possessive ribanya)

1. (Islam) interest, usury.

   Synonyms: bunga, renten

• “riba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (“to sparkle”), raibas (“speckled”).[1][2] The semantic development was likely 'sparkle' > 'a bright path in the forest' > 'boundary'.

A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (“clear, bright”) > aikštė (“clearing; square, plaza”)

• (ribà) IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈbɐ]
• (rìba) IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4 [3]

1. boundary[4] (dividing line or location between two areas)

   šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border

2. limit[4]
3. narrow clearing in a forest[5]
4. beaten path separating two meadows[5]

• (boundary): ežia, siena

(Adjectives)

• beribis
• ribotas

• (limit): galas, pabaiga

• IPA^(key): /riba/
• Rhymes: -iba, -ba, -a

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا‎, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

1. (anatomy) lap

   Synonym: pangku

• kaki
• siku
• tangan

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا‎, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

1. (Islam) interest, usury

   Synonym: bunga

• duit
• hutang
• wang

• Indonesian: riba

• “riba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *riba

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

• IPA^(key): /rɪˈbɑː/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

riba f

1. interest (the price of credit)

From Old Occitan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈriβo]

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riba f (plural ribas)

1. shore, bank

• ribièra

From Spanish arriba.

riba

1. upon
2. above
3. on

From Latin ripa.

• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

riba f (plural ribas)

1. high, steep bank

   Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira

riba

1. above

   Synonyms: acima, arriba

• ribança, ribanceira
• ribeiro, ribeirão, ribeirinho

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

• IPA^(key): /rîba/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба)

1. fish (animal)

   grabežljiva riba ― predator fish

2. (slang) girl, chick
   • 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list‎:

     Streljanu današnje generacije znaju samo kao omiljeno kino Tuškanac, gdje smo rado vodili svoje trebe, mačke, ribe, kite i komade i odgledali velik dio svog repertoara vesterna i krimića, gdje se naveliko pucalo.

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3. (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

• “riba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

• IPA^(key): /rìːba/

ríba f

1. fish

• “riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ri‧ba

riba f (plural ribas)

1. (obsolete, often found in compound for names of towns) shore; shoreline

• Ribadesella
• Ribadavia
• Ribagorza

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

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riba (n class, plural riba)

1. interest
2. greed, avarice; usury

From Hausa r̃ìba, or Hausa r̃ībā̀ ultimately from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban) or Arabic رِبْح‎ (ribḥ)‎‎.

• IPA^(key): /ɾì.bá/

rìbá

1. (law) bribery, kickback

   Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ