kab

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See also: KAB and k’ab

Translingual

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Symbol

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kab

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kabyle.

English

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Etymology

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From Hebrew קב (káv).

Noun

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kab (plural kabs)

  1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cab: a former Hebrew unit of volume.

Anagrams

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Breton

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Noun

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kab m (plural kaboù)

  1. cape, promontory

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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Contraction of kapab, from French capable (capable).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kab

  1. (auxiliary) can, be able to

Synonyms

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Mapudungun

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Noun

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kab (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) hair
  2. wool

See also

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References

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Back-formation from kaba (fat).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkaβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -aβ
  • Hyphenation: kab

Adjective

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kab (noun form kaba)

  1. fatty (containing fat)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: kawa

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 209, column 2

Somali

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Noun

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káb f (plural kabo m)

  1. shoe