tabe

See also: tabè

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tapa (“to lose”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tape and Swedish tappa. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *tapōną, *tappōną, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p (“to sacrifice, lose”), cf. Latin damnum (“loss”) = Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢæːb̥ə], (colloquial) [ˈtˢæːʊ]

Verb

tabe (imperative tab, infinitive at tabe, present tense taber, past tense tabte, perfect tense har tabt)

1. to lose (a thing)
2. to lose (a battle or a match)

   Antonym: vinde

Inflection

Inflection of tabe

	present	past
simple	taber	tabte
perfect	har tabt	havde tabt
passive	tabes	tabtes
participle	tabende	tabt
imperative	tab	—
infinitive	tabe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	taben	—

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtabe]
• Hyphenation: ta‧bé

Noun

tabé

1. nonstandard spelling of tabik (“greeting”).

Interjection

tabé

1. nonstandard spelling of tabik (“expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.”).

Further reading

• “tabe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tābes (“melting, putrefaction”), derived from Proto-Italic *tāfē-, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂bʰeh₁- (“to be melting”), derived from the root *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.be/
• Rhymes: -abe
• Hyphenation: tà‧be

Noun

tabe f (plural tabi)

1. (literary):
   1. pus
   2. emaciation
   3. (figurative) degradation, corruption
      • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 58:

        E non solo nel senso che se li figurano quando non ci sono, ma che reprimono con tanta veemenza la tabe eretica da spingere molti a farsene partecipi, in odio a loro.

        And not only meaning that they see them where they aren't there, but also that they repress so vehemently the heretic corruption that they lead many to join it, in their spite.

2. (medicine) tabes

Related terms

• tabefatto
• tabido

References

• tabe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• tabe in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)

Anagrams

• beat, beta

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) tābe

1. ablative singular of tābēs

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Volapük

Noun

tabe

1. dative singular of tab