mahaba
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Asi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mahabà
Nubi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).
Noun[edit]
mahába
References[edit]
- Ineke Wellens (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
mahaba (ma class, plural only)
References[edit]
- ^ 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[1], 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[edit]
- Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum[2], volume 22, →ISSN, page 83-84 of 72-103
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mahabà (plural mahahaba, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜊ)
Inflection[edit]
Degrees of mahaba
| positive | singular | plural | root | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mahaba | mahahaba | haba | ||||
| superiority | inferiority | equality | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| comparative | mas mahaba | mas mahahaba | hindi gaanong mahaba | hindi gaanong mahahaba | kasinghaba | |
| relative | absolute | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| superlative | ang pinakamahaba | ang pinakamahahaba | napakamahaba | napakamahahaba | pagkahaba | pagkahaba-haba |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mahaba” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[3], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “mahaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tausug[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mahaba
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