babba

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌbˈbʌ/
• Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Noun

babbá m 

1. dad

References

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

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapːa/
• Rhymes: -apːa
• Homophone: babbað

Etymology 1

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

Noun

babba m (genitive singular babba, plural babba)

1. (familiar) dad, daddy

Synonyms

• faðir, pápi

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. to kid

Conjugation

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

• møsna, tvætla, roksa, svassa

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Hausa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bàbba (feminine bàbba, plural mânyā)

1. big, large

   Antonyms: ƙanƙane, ƙarami

2. great, important
3. adult

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Hungarian

Etymology

bab +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

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

Noun

babba

1. illative singular of bab

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Nyunga

Adjective

babba

1. bad, foolish, childish, weak

References

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

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Sicilian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin babbìus (“fool”).

Noun

babba f (plural babbi)

1. fool, silly, stupid

Etymology 2

From Latin barba (“beard”).

Noun

babba m or f (plural babbi)

1. (anatomy) beard