holba

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Alabama

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Muskogean *a-xokʷa (to imitate, to copy). Infixed with -l-. Cognate to Chickasaw holba.

Noun

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holba

  1. art
  2. any image

Verb

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holba

  1. to create an image

Chickasaw

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Etymology

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From Proto-Muskogean *xokʷa, interfixed with -l- (v1. formative). Compare Choctaw holba, Alabama holba.

Verb

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holba

  1. (stative, intransitive) to be photographed

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin volvere, present active infinitive of volvō (turn, tumble), with a change in conjugation; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (to turn, wind, round). Compare Aromanian nvolbu, nvulbari, volbu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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a holba (third-person singular present holbează, past participle holbat) 1st conj.

  1. to goggle, stare at, ogle
    Synonyms: zgâi; (Banat) bâzgoi

Conjugation

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