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Asi
Etymology
From ma- + haba.
Adjective
mahabà
- long
Nubi
Etymology
From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).
Noun
mahába
- love
References
- Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
mahaba class VI (plural only)
- love, romance
- Synonym: mapenzi
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. 580
- ^ Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum, volume 22, →ISSN, page 75 of 72-103: “Another common synonym for ‘love’ is mahaba (in Arabic mahabba), derived from the Arabic root /ḥbb/.”
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
From ma- + haba.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mahabà (plural mahahaba, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜊ)
- long
- Antonym: maiksi
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading