nabe
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of neighborhood; compare hood. In attributive use, attested since 1922;[1] in noun sense “neighborhood”, since 1942;[2] in noun sense “neighborhood theater”, since 1933, originally in New York City.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Neighborhood.
- 1922, Denver Post 2 Dec. 10/8 (head & text):[1]
- Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker.
- Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night.
- 1938, Tommy Dorsey and George D. Lottman, “Love in Swingtime“ (syndicated serial) The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 9 Aug. 12/2 and 12/3:
- “Biggest flopperoo of year, so far,” wrote Green “was the highly touted preeming of Biff Brown’s band at the Ritz, nabe dancery near Bridgeport.” …
- Glossary of Swing Words in this Chapter. … Nabe dancery: Neighborhood ballroom.
- 1922, Denver Post 2 Dec. 10/8 (head & text):[1]
- (frequently in the plural) Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema.
- 1970, New Yorker:[2]
- They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes.
- 1970, New Yorker:[2]
Usage notes[edit]
In “neighborhood theater” sense, frequently “the nabes”, particularly used by Variety (NYC theater magazine), but also more widely.
In “neighborhood” sense, particularly New York City, but used throughout the US. Popular industry term, notably in Billboard (NYC music industry) in 1940s–1960s,[3] but in 1970s and 1980s primarily confined to Brooklyn, NYC.[3] Increased in popularity and became widespread from the 1990s, presumably as a less marked alternative to hood (“neighborhood, particularly poor black”).[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “nabe (attrib.) 'neighborhood': 1922, 1938”, Ben Zimmer, American Dialect Society, 21 Aug 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “nabe”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “Nabe or Hood? A Brief History of Shortening ‘Neighborhood’”, Henry Grabar, The Atlantic: CityLab, Aug 27, 2012
- “Nabe (a neighborhood)”, Barry Popik, The Big Apple, August 21, 2012
- “nabe”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 鍋 (nabe, “pot”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nabé (first-person possessive nabeku, second-person possessive nabemu, third-person possessive nabenya)
- a broad-bottomed pot or pan.
- a dish where everything is cooked together in a nabe.
Further reading[edit]
- “nabe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
nabe
Louisiana Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
nabe
References[edit]
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
- English clippings
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪb
- Rhymes:English/eɪb/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Japanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Japanese
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/be
- Rhymes:Indonesian/be/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/e
- Rhymes:Indonesian/e/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Requests for plural forms in Indonesian entries
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Louisiana Creole terms inherited from French
- Louisiana Creole terms derived from French
- Louisiana Creole lemmas
- Louisiana Creole nouns