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See also: -taba

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Tagalog taba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈba/,
  • IPA(key): /taˈbaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ba

Noun

tabá or tabâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊ)

  1. fat, lard
  2. fatness (of a person, animal)
    Antonym: niwang
  3. grease (for food, meat)
    Synonym: suya
  4. richness; fertility (for soil)
    Synonym: kabalunbonan

Derived terms

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

Pronunciation

Noun

taba f (plural tabes)

  1. (anatomy) anklebone
  2. (often plural) knucklebones, jacks
    Synonyms: ossets, joc de botxí
  3. (colloquial) chitchat

Further reading

Ibatan

Noun

taba

  1. fat; lard

Japanese

Romanization

taba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たば

Latin

Noun

tāba

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tābum

Limos Kalinga

Noun

tabá

  1. fat

Lindu

Noun

taba

  1. alum
  2. lard; animal fat

Lingala

Noun

taba class 9 (plural taba class 10, colloquial plural bataba class 2)

  1. Alternative form of ntaba

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tapa.

Noun

taba

  1. custom
  2. character
  3. nature (of a person &c.)

Mansaka

Noun

taba

  1. fat

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French tabac.

Noun

taba

  1. tobacco

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla támit

Pronunciation

Noun

taba

  1. sun

Old Tupi

taba (sense 1)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.βa/
  • Rhymes: -aβa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tap, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *t͡sap, from Proto-Tupian *jap.

Cognate with Guaraní táva.

Noun

taba (possessable)

  1. village
  2. city, town
    Synonyms: tabeté, tabusu
  3. place
    • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, edited by Pe. Armando Cardoso, Doutrina Cristã do Catecismo Brasílico, volume I, São Paulo: Edições Loyola, published 1993, page 226:
      — Umãmepe i momendari?
      — Paraíso Terreal taporãngatu pupé.
      — Where did he wed them?
      — At the Terrestrial Paradise, a very beautiful place.
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • Nheengatu: tawa (“city”)
  • → Portuguese: taba (“Tupian village”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

taba

  1. absolute of aba

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

taba m (genitive singular taba, plural tabaichean)

  1. tab (computing - in TDI)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French tabac.

Noun

taba

  1. tobacco

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaba/
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: ta‧ba

Noun

taba f (plural tabas)

  1. anklebone

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Bikol Central taba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈbaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ba

Noun

tabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ)

  1. fat (specialized animal tissue)
  2. fatness (of a person, animal, etc.)
    Synonym: katabaan
  3. lard (fat from pig abdomen)
  4. (figurative) fertility (of soil)
  5. (colloquial) fat person; fatso
    Synonyms: tabatsoy, tabatsing, tabatsingtsing

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, from Baltic.

Noun

taba

  1. character, temperament
  2. disposition
  3. temper
  4. custom, habit

Inflection

Inflection of taba (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. taba
genitive sing. taban
partitive sing. tabad
partitive plur. taboid
singular plural
nominative taba tabad
accusative taban tabad
genitive taban taboiden
partitive tabad taboid
essive-instructive taban taboin
translative tabaks taboikš
inessive tabas taboiš
elative tabaspäi taboišpäi
illative tabaha taboihe
adessive tabal taboil
ablative tabalpäi taboilpäi
allative tabale taboile
abessive tabata taboita
comitative tabanke taboidenke
prolative tabadme taboidme
approximative I tabanno taboidenno
approximative II tabannoks taboidennoks
egressive tabannopäi taboidennopäi
terminative I tabahasai taboihesai
terminative II tabalesai taboilesai
terminative III tabassai —
additive I tabahapäi taboihepäi
additive II tabalepäi taboilepäi

References

Volapük

Noun

taba

  1. genitive singular of tab

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa tāba, ultimately from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq), see Spanish tabaco, Portuguese tabaco.

Pronunciation

Noun

tábà

  1. tobacco, tobacco plant
    Synonym: tánà
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