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English
Noun
caba (plural cabas)
- (dated) A cabas, or lady's bag.
1860, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, The haunted homestead: and other nouvellettes, page 279:Mrs. Sherbourne […] hurriedly searched her pocket, her caba, and her muff, without finding the lost treasure.
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From Spanish acabar (“to finish”).
Verb
caba
- (Saint-Domingue) to finish
- Nou caba planté pièce la vou té ordonné. ― We finished planting the place you ordered.
References
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi kaba.
Pronunciation
Noun
caba f (plural cabas)
- (Amazonas, Pará) wasp
- Synonyms: vespa, marimbondo, cabatão
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جابا (caba).
Noun
caba (definite accusative cabayı, plural cabalar)
- free
Declension
References