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Kirikiri
Noun
abla
- (Kirikiri) tongue
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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
abla
- inflection of aball:
- genitive singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative plural
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| abla
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unchanged
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n-abla
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish hablar.
Verb
abla
- to speak
Noun
abla
- speech
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish habla (“speech”), from Old Spanish fabla, from Latin fābula. Doublet of habla and pabula.
Pronunciation
Noun
abla or ablá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎ)
- idle talk; too much talk; surplus talk
- Synonyms: daldal, satsat
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References
- “abla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “abla”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ابلا (abla, “elder sister”), most likely from earlier *appa, from Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Compare ebe (“aunt, midwife”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abla (definite accusative ablayı, plural ablalar)
- older sister
- (slang) brothel mistress, whorehouse madam
- Synonyms: mama, çaça
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