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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦧꦂ (cabar, “ineffectual; failed”), from Old Javanese cabar (“faint-hearted”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.bar/
- Rhymes: -bar
- Hyphenation: ca‧bar
Adjective
cabar
- (archaic) timid, cowardly, fearful.
- (archaic) discouraged, disheartened, downhearted.
- (archaic) ineffective, powerless.
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
cabar
- Romanization of ꦕꦧꦂ
Malay
Pronunciation
Verb
cabar (Jawi spelling چابر)
- to dare (to defy or challenge)
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin *capriō, from *capreus, originally from Latin caper (“goat”). Compare Spanish cabrio, French chevron.
Pronunciation
Noun
cabar m (genitive singular cabair, plural cabair)
- caber, large piece of wood
- tilgeil a' chabair ― the tossing of the caber; caber toss
- antler
- pole, stake, post
- rafter
- fo na cabair ― under the rafters
- chan eil e fo na cabair ― it isn't anywhere in the house
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cabar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN