daba

See also: dàbā, Dàbā, and dàbà

Atong (India)

Etymology

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Noun

daba

1. coconut

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ˈdabaʔ/ [ˈd̪a.baʔ]

Noun

dabà

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) love; affection; endearment

   Synonyms: dangat, muot, mahal

Derived terms

• baba
• padaba

 

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Galician

Verb

daba

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of dar
2. third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar

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Irish

Etymology 1

From English dab.

Noun

daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí)

1. dab, daub
2. blob; lump, dollop
3. (of person) clod, lout

Derived terms

• dabáil f (“(act of) dabbing, daubing”)
• dabán m (“little daub; small lump”)
• mac an daba m (“ring finger”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dab.

Noun

daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí)

1. dab (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)

Declension

Declension of daba

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative daba dabaí Vocative a dhaba a dhabaí Genitive daba dabaí Dative daba dabaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an daba na dabaí Genitive an daba na ndabaí Dative leis an daba don daba leis na dabaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daba	dhaba	ndaba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “daba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “daba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Karao

Noun

daba

1. laundry

References

• Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

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Latvian

Etymology

• From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dabāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-o-s, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to model, to fashion”).

Noun

daba f (4th declension)

1. nature

   cilvēka daba ― human nature

   dabas bagātības ― natural resources

Declension

Declension of daba (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	daba	dabas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	dabu	dabas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	dabas	dabu
dative (datīvs)	dabai	dabām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	dabu	dabām
locative (lokatīvs)	dabā	dabās
vocative (vokatīvs)	daba	dabas

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaba/ [ˈd̪a.β̞a]

• Audio (Latin America):

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Verb

daba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar

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Zia

Noun

daba

1. stone