babba

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /babˈba/ [bʌbˈbʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Noun

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babbá m 

  1. dad

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *bō-. Compare Saterland Frisian Baabe (father, dad).

Noun

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babba m (genitive singular babba, plural babba)

  1. (familiar) dad, daddy
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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babba (third person singular past indicative babbaði, third person plural past indicative babbaðu, supine babbað)

  1. to kid
Conjugation
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Conjugation of babba (group v-30)
infinitive babba
supine babbað
participle (a6)1 babbandi babbaður
present past
first singular babbi babbaði
second singular babbar babbaði
third singular babbar babbaði
plural babba babbaðu
imperative
singular babba!
plural babbið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
Synonyms
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Hausa

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Etymology

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Unknown. The suppletive plural may have once been the singular, and has plentiful cognates within Chadic, e.g. Kanakuru manjò (old, singular).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bàb.bá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bàb.bə́]

Adjective

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bàbba (feminine bàbba, plural mânyā)

  1. big, large
    Antonyms: ƙanƙane, ƙarami
  2. great, important
  3. adult

References

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  1. ^ Newman, Paul (2000) The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar (Yale language series), Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 24

Hungarian

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Etymology

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bab +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒbːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Noun

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babba

  1. illative singular of bab

Nyunga

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Adjective

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babba

  1. bad, foolish, childish, weak

References

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Sicilian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbabba/
  • Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Etymology 1

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From Latin babbìus (fool).

Noun

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babba f (plural babbi)

  1. fool, silly, stupid

Etymology 2

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From Latin barba (beard).

Noun

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babba m or f (plural babbi)

  1. (anatomy) beard