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Acehnese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, “news”).

Noun

haba

  1. news

Bongo

Noun

hàbà

  1. hippopotamus

References

  • Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

Faliscan

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fabā, whence Latin faba. See more at the Proto-Italic entry.

Noun

haba f

  1. bean
    • , section 4.3:
      Nec minus consonantes, ut f et h: utraque enim [est] flatus; quare quem antiqui fircum, nos hircum, et quam Falisci habam, nos fabam appellamus, et quem antiqui fariolum, nos hariolum.
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References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197

Finnish

Etymology

< hauis

Pronunciation

Noun

haba (colloquial)

  1. biceps

Declension

Inflection of haba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative haba habat
genitive haban habojen
partitive habaa haboja
illative habaan haboihin
singular plural
nominative haba habat
accusative nom. haba habat
gen. haban
genitive haban habojen
habainrare
partitive habaa haboja
inessive habassa haboissa
elative habasta haboista
illative habaan haboihin
adessive haballa haboilla
ablative habalta haboilta
allative haballe haboille
essive habana haboina
translative habaksi haboiksi
abessive habatta haboitta
instructive — haboin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of haba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative habani habani
accusative nom. habani habani
gen. habani
genitive habani habojeni
habainirare
partitive habaani habojani
inessive habassani haboissani
elative habastani haboistani
illative habaani haboihini
adessive haballani haboillani
ablative habaltani haboiltani
allative haballeni haboilleni
essive habanani haboinani
translative habakseni haboikseni
abessive habattani haboittani
instructive — —
comitative — haboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative habasi habasi
accusative nom. habasi habasi
gen. habasi
genitive habasi habojesi
habaisirare
partitive habaasi habojasi
inessive habassasi haboissasi
elative habastasi haboistasi
illative habaasi haboihisi
adessive haballasi haboillasi
ablative habaltasi haboiltasi
allative haballesi haboillesi
essive habanasi haboinasi
translative habaksesi haboiksesi
abessive habattasi haboittasi
instructive — —
comitative — haboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative habamme habamme
accusative nom. habamme habamme
gen. habamme
genitive habamme habojemme
habaimmerare
partitive habaamme habojamme
inessive habassamme haboissamme
elative habastamme haboistamme
illative habaamme haboihimme
adessive haballamme haboillamme
ablative habaltamme haboiltamme
allative haballemme haboillemme
essive habanamme haboinamme
translative habaksemme haboiksemme
abessive habattamme haboittamme
instructive — —
comitative — haboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative habanne habanne
accusative nom. habanne habanne
gen. habanne
genitive habanne habojenne
habainnerare
partitive habaanne habojanne
inessive habassanne haboissanne
elative habastanne haboistanne
illative habaanne haboihinne
adessive haballanne haboillanne
ablative habaltanne haboiltanne
allative haballenne haboillenne
essive habananne haboinanne
translative habaksenne haboiksenne
abessive habattanne haboittanne
instructive — —
comitative — haboinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative habansa habansa
accusative nom. habansa habansa
gen. habansa
genitive habansa habojensa
habainsarare
partitive habaansa habojaan
habojansa
inessive habassaan
habassansa 		haboissaan
haboissansa
elative habastaan
habastansa 		haboistaan
haboistansa
illative habaansa haboihinsa
adessive haballaan
haballansa 		haboillaan
haboillansa
ablative habaltaan
habaltansa 		haboiltaan
haboiltansa
allative haballeen
haballensa 		haboilleen
haboillensa
essive habanaan
habanansa 		haboinaan
haboinansa
translative habakseen
habaksensa 		haboikseen
haboiksensa
abessive habattaan
habattansa 		haboittaan
haboittansa
instructive — —
comitative — haboineen
haboinensa

Synonyms

Gothic

Romanization

haba

  1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰

Irish

Noun

haba

  1. h-prothesized form of aba

Japanese

Romanization

haba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はば

Kokborok

Etymology

Cognate with Atong (India) ha·ba (“paddy”).

Noun

haba

  1. a working field, paddy
  2. any place of work

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

haba (Jawi spelling هاب, informal 1st possessive habaku, 2nd possessive habamu, 3rd possessive habanya)

  1. (energy form) latent heat, heat conduction
  2. (radiated) warmth, hotness

Alternative forms

aba (shortened form)

Synonyms

Derived terms

penghabaan

See also

suhu

References

Old High German

Etymology

Derived from the verb habēn

Noun

haba f

  1. property

Descendants

  • German: Habe

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish faba, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with English fava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaba/
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: ha‧ba

Noun

haba f (plural habas)

  1. broad bean, horse bean (Fabaceae, Vicia faba)
  2. bean (cocoa, coffee, etc.)
  3. ballot ball
  4. nodule (in stone)
  5. nugget of ore (with gangue)
  6. bump (caused by insect bite)
  7. (veterinary) equine palatitis (disease of horses)

Usage notes

  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el haba, un haba
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Mezquital Otomi: aba
  • → Quechua: jawas

See also

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَبَّة (ḥabba).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

haba (invariable)

  1. few, scarce, rare, little
    Synonym: chache
    Antonym: -ingi

Derived terms

References

  • Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68 Nr. 583

Tagalog

Etymology

From Greater Central Philippine *habaʔ (“long (object)”). Compare Ilocano akaba, Kapampangan kaba, Hanunoo aba, Bikol Central laba, Aklanon haba, Hiligaynon laba, Tausug haba'. See also the coincidentally similar Japanese 幅(はば) (haba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhabaʔ/, (noun:length)

  • IPA(key): /haˈbaʔ/, (adjective:long, noun:garfish)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ba

Noun

habà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ)

  1. length; lengthiness
    Synonym: kahabaan
  2. extent of time
    Synonyms: tagal, luwat
  3. long duration of time
    Synonyms: katagalan, kaluwatan

Derived terms

Adjective

habâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ)

  1. long and narrow; elongate
    Synonyms: pahaba, taluhaba

Derived terms

Noun

habâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ)

  1. garfish
    Synonym: isdang-haba

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344

Further reading

  • “haba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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