kaba

• IPA^(key): /kaˈba/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba

kabá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜊ)

1. fright

   Synonym: takot

kaba (plural mba)

1. clay bowl

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kaba

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From Minangkabau kaba, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, “news”). Doublet of kabar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaba/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba
• Rhymes: -ba, -a

kaba (plural kaba-kaba)

1. story
   1. (literature) Minangkabau traditional literature in the form of rhythmic prose, simple sentences with 3-5 words so that it can be said rhythmically or sung, the theme of the story is various, such as heroism, adventure, consolation, and love stories

• “kaba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kaba

1. Rōmaji transcription of かば
2. Rōmaji transcription of カバ

From Portuguese acabar.

kaba

1. end, finish

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /kabaː/

kaba

1. who, which, that

kaba

1. (used before verbs and adjectives to form abstract nouns) that which is, -ing

   haduh kaba kut ― until the ending

• Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎, Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Possibly from Proto-Bantu *gàb (“to divide, distribute, present as gift”).

• IPA^(key): /ka˩.ba˩/

-kaba (infinitive kokaba)

1. to give

   Synonyms: pésa, pɛ́sɛ, píya

2. divide, separate
3. distribute

• Ashem Tem Kawata (2004) Dictionnaire lingala-falansé et français-lingala (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN , page 87

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

kaba

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From Minangkabau kaba, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, “news”). Doublet of khabar.

• IPA^(key): /kaba/
• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba

kaba (Jawi spelling کاب, plural kaba-kaba)

1. (archaic) A story.
2. (literature) Minangkabau traditional literature in the form of rhythmic prose, simple sentences with 3-5 words so that it can be said rhythmically or sung, the theme of the story is various, such as heroism, adventure, consolation, and love stories.

• “kaba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba

Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgap.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kavy and Paraguayan Guaraní káva.

kaba (unpossessable)

1. wasp (any insect of the family Vespidae)

• Nheengatu: kawa
• → Brazilian Portuguese: caba

Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ, from Proto-Tupian *kʲap.

kaba (possessable)

1. fat (specialized animal tissue with high lipid content)

   Synonym: kyrá

   • 1613, Pero de Castilho, “Câba. Gordura”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano pella lingua do Brasil; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 31, line 73:

     xecâba, decâba, ycâba.

     My fat, your fat, their fat.

2. cream (oily part of milk)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Nata do leit”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 48; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Ycaba

     ]

     Their cream.

• Nheengatu: kawa

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 210, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 296

• kba

Borrowed from Portuguese acabar.

kaba

1. to end, to finish, to come to an end
   • 2005, Nyun-Grontapuvertaling fu den Kresten Griki Buku fu Bijbel ‎, Brooklyn, NY: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Acts of the Apostles, chapter 26, verse 24:

     Di Paulus kaba taki gi ensrefi, Festus taki nanga wan tranga sten: „Yu e kon law, Paulus! Den kefalek sani di yu leri e law yu!”

     When Paul was done speaking up for himself, Festus said with a loud voice: “You lost your mind, Paul! The great things you learnt are driving you insane!”

kaba

1. Perfective marker.

kaba

1. end
   • 1975, Edgar Cairo, “Wan pisi fu libi”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 254:

     Wan takru sortu kosokoso di no abi kaba a ben gwenti e kisi.

     He used to get a nasty cough that had no end.

• Aukan: kaba, kaa
• Saramaccan: kabá

Borrowed from Arabic .

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-kaba (infinitive kukaba)

1. to strangle, choke, throttle

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukabaji

• kiba — dialectal, Quezon

From Proto-Philippine *kəbá (“for the chest to tighten in excitement or fear; for the heart to pound”). Compare Ilocano kebba, Kankanaey keba, Bikol Central kaba, Cebuano kuba, and Hiligaynon kuba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧ba

kabá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊ)

1. palpitation due to excitement or fear; nervousness

   Synonym: tibok

2. premonition; foreboding

   Synonyms: kutob, agam

• “kaba”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kebá”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• Baka, baka, akba

kaba

1. large cockroach

From Ottoman Turkish قبا (kaba), from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *kāp- (“to swell; thick, swollen”).

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kaba

1. rude; coarse, unrefined; vulgar
2. swollen, large

• (?) gebe
• kabalık

• kabarmak

• “kaba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu