აბა

Georgian

Alternative forms

• აპა (aṗa)

Etymology

From Old Georgian აბა (aba), ჰაბა (haba), which is borrowed from or otherwise related to Old Armenian հապա (hapa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba/
• Hyphenation: აბა

Interjection

აბა • (aba)

1. used to encourage, literally or rhetorically, a particular response from the listener

   აბა რა უნდა მექნა?

   aba ra unda mekna?

   Well now, [tell me,] what could I have done?

   აბა სად მივდივართ?

   aba sad mivdivart?

   So, [tell me,] where are we going?

   აბა წადი სახლში ახალავე!

   aba c̣adi saxlši axalave!

   Right then, [listen up,] go home at once!

   აბა, აბა!

   aba, aba!

   Hey now! [Watch yourself!]

   აბა, აბა, ეგ თქვი შენ.

   aba, aba, eg tkvi šen.

   Yep, yep, you can say that again. [Lit. “say that”.]

Descendants

• → Armenian: ապա (apa), աբա (aba)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հապ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 44a