babba
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Afar[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
babbá m
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bō-. Compare Saterland Frisian Baabe (“father, dad”).
Noun[edit]
babba m (genitive singular babba, plural babba)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
babba (third person singular past indicative babbaði, third person plural past indicative babbaðu, supine babbað)
- to kid
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of babba (group v-30) | ||
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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[edit]
Hausa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. The suppletive plural may have once been the singular, and has plentiful cognates within Chadic, e.g. Kanakuru manjò (“old”, singular).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bàbba (feminine bàbba, plural mânyā)
References[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
babba
Nyunga[edit]
Adjective[edit]
babba
- bad, foolish, childish, weak
References[edit]
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
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Sicilian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
babba f (plural babbi)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
babba m or f (plural babbi)
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