abaka

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See also: Abaka, abaká, and abaką

English

Noun

abaka (plural abakas)

  1. Alternative spelling of abaca

Translations

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, abaca).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔabaka/

Noun

ábaka

  1. Cebu hemp (Musa textilis); a species of banana tree native to the Philippines
  2. the fiber obtained from this plant

References

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, abaca).

Noun

abaka

  1. Manila hemp; abaca

References

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Hanunoo

Etymology

Compare Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔabaˈka/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaká (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜣ) (botany)

  1. abaca; Manila hemp

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 17

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, abaca).

Pronunciation

Noun

abaká

  1. Manila hemp, abaca

References

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognate with Yami avaka.

Noun

abaka

  1. Manila hemp; abaca

Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔabaˈka/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaká

  1. abaca; Manila hemp

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate with Malay abaka

Pronunciation

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Noun

abaka

  1. abaca plant

References

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, abaca).

Noun

abaka

  1. abaca

References

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Latvian

Noun

abaka m

  1. genitive singular of abaks

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

Noun

abaka (Jawi spelling اباک, plural abaka-abaka, informal 1st possessive abakaku, 2nd possessive abakamu, 3rd possessive abakanya)

  1. abaca (plant)
    Synonyms: pisang benang, pisang manila, pisang tali

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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abaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈba.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaka f

  1. abaca, Manila hemp (fibre of the abaca)
    Synonym: manila

Declension

Further reading

  • abaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • abaka in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

abaka f (genitive singular abaky, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Manila hemp

References

  • abaka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, abaca), from Classical Syriac ܐܳܦܰܩܬܳܐ (ʾāpaqtā), ܐܰܦܩܰܥܬܳܐ (ʾap̄qaʿtā, de-seeded cotton). According to Potet (2013), Muslim marine merchants imposed their term on their suppliers so that native terms died out in the Philippines.

Pronunciation

Noun

abaká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃ)

  1. Manila hemp; abaca
    Si Pedro ay gumamit ng abaka sa pagtali ng kahoy.
    Pedro used abaca to tie the wood together.

Descendants

  • Aragonese: abacá
  • Galician: abacá
  • Malay: abaka
  • Portuguese: abacá
  • Spanish: abacá

See also

References

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

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