tabia

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English

Noun

tabia (plural tabias)

  1. (chess) Alternative form of tabiya

Swahili

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

tabia class IX (plural tabia class X)

  1. nature, character (the way somebody or something is)

References

  1. ^ 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 189 Nr. 1679

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

tabia

  1. (polite) alternative form of tabea (“head”)

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as tabiá)
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