taba

See also: -taba

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Tagalog taba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈba/ [taˈba]
• IPA^(key): /taˈbaʔ/ [taˈbaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba

Noun

tabá or tabâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊ)

1. fat, lard
2. fatness (of a person, animal)

   Antonym: niwang

3. grease (for food, meat)

   Synonym: suya

4. richness; fertility (for soil)

   Synonym: kabalunbonan

Derived terms

• katabahan
• magtaba
• mataba
• pagkataba
• pataba

See also

• hibog
• himpis
• nipis

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈta.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈta.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈta.ba]

Noun

taba f (plural tabes)

1. (anatomy) anklebone
2. (often plural) knucklebones, jacks

   Synonyms: ossets, joc de botxí

3. (colloquial) chitchat

Further reading

• “taba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Ibatan

Noun

taba

1. fat; lard

Japanese

Romanization

taba

1. Rōmaji transcription of たば

Latin

Noun

tāba

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tābum

Limos Kalinga

Noun

tabá

1. fat

Lindu

Noun

taba

1. alum
2. lard; animal fat

Lingala

Noun

taba class 9 (plural taba class 10, colloquial plural bataba class 2)

1. Alternative form of ntaba

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tapa.

Noun

taba

1. custom
2. character
3. nature (of a person &c.)

Mansaka

Noun

taba

1. fat

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French tabac.

Noun

taba

1. tobacco

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla támit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tapa/

Noun

taba

1. sun

Old Tupi

taba (sense 1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaβa/
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taβ, from Proto-Tupian *tˀap. Cognate with Guaraní táva.

Noun

taba (possessable)

2. village
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 60, lines 26–31; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 111:

     Xe anho / co taba pupe aico / çerecoaramo uitecobo, / xereco rupi imoingobo, / que çuj aço mamo / amo taba rapecobo.

     [Xe anhõ / kó taba pupé aîkó / serekoaramo ûitekóbo, / xe rekó rupi i moingóbo, / kûé suí asó mamõ / amõ taba rapekóbo.]

     Just me lived in this village, staying as its guardian, making it follow my law. From there, I went far away, visiting other villages.

   • c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Na Aldeia de Guaraparim] [In the Village of Guaraparim]” (chapter LXIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Guarapari, page 148, column 1, lines 1–5; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 280:

     Acai, aceca yepe / mitaçaba amo guitecobo / eri, xemocẽ meme / tabaçui Abare / quepe catu xemondobo.

     [Akaî, aseká íepé / mytasaba amõ gûitekóbo / erĩ, xe mosẽ memẽ / taba suí abaré / kuepekatu xe mondóbo.]

     Oh, although I'm looking for some place to stay, argh! The priest always expels me from the village, sending me very far away.

3. (Late Tupi) city, town

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:taba

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “5. Dedic S. Maria ad Niues”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, pages 6v–7:

     Tàba Roma yàpe amo caraìba moçacàra rimbaè, cunhâ marãgatù membireima cemirecòramo […]

     [Taba Roma îápe amõ karaiba mosakara rimba'e, kunhãmarangatumembyre'yma semirekóramo […] ]

     In the city called “Rome”, a noble Chirstian had a kind wife with no children.

4. (loosely) place
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Matrimônio”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo brasílico, volume I, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 226, line 6:

     M Umãmepe imomendári?
     D Paraíso Terreal táporángatú pupé.

     [M[estre:] Umãmepe i momendari?
     D[iscípulo:] Paraíso Terreal taporãngatu pupé.]

     Master:Where did he wed them?
     Disciple: At the Terrestrial Paradise, a very beautiful place.

Derived terms

• amỹîndaba
• tabapîasaba
• tabaîara
• tabe'yma
• tabebira
• tabeté
• tabusu
• tapera
• tapiîara

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tawa (“city”)
• → Brazilian Portuguese: taba (“Tupian village”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

taba

1. absolute of aba

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “taba”, 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 455, column 2

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

taba m (genitive singular taba, plural tabaichean)

1. tab (computing - in TDI)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French tabac.

Noun

taba

1. tobacco

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaba/ [ˈt̪a.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: ta‧ba

Noun

taba f (plural tabas)

1. (anatomy) anklebone

   Synonym: astrágalo

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 308:

     Para combatir el dolor reumático, es conveniente llevar en el bolsillo del lado enfermo, una taba de cordero.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “taba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “taba”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea (apl.org.pe)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Bikol Central taba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧ba

Noun

tabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ)

1. fat (specialized animal tissue)
2. fatness (of a person, animal, etc.)

   Synonym: katabaan

3. lard (fat from pig abdomen)
4. (figurative) fertility (of soil)
5. (colloquial) fat person; fatso

   Synonyms: tabatsoy, tabatsing, tabatsingtsing

Derived terms

• antaba
• katabaan
• magpataba
• makataba ng puso
• mataba
• matabang isda
• napakataba
• pagtaba
• pampataba
• pampatabang-puso
• pataba
• patabaan
• patabain
• patabaing baboy
• tabain
• tabang-baboy
• tabang-hangin
• tabang-preso
• tabatsing
• tabatsingtsing
• tabatsoy
• tumaba
• walang-taba

Further reading

• “taba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• abat, baat, bata

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, from Baltic.

Noun

taba

1. character, temperament
2. disposition
3. temper
4. custom, habit

Inflection

Inflection of taba (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	taba
genitive sing.	taban
partitive sing.	tabad
partitive plur.	taboid
	singular	plural
nominative	taba	tabad
accusative	taban	tabad
genitive	taban	taboiden
partitive	tabad	taboid
essive-instructive	taban	taboin
translative	tabaks	taboikš
inessive	tabas	taboiš
elative	tabaspäi	taboišpäi
illative	tabaha	taboihe
adessive	tabal	taboil
ablative	tabalpäi	taboilpäi
allative	tabale	taboile
abessive	tabata	taboita
comitative	tabanke	taboidenke
prolative	tabadme	taboidme
approximative I	tabanno	taboidenno
approximative II	tabannoks	taboidennoks
egressive	tabannopäi	taboidennopäi
terminative I	tabahasai	taboihesai
terminative II	tabalesai	taboilesai
terminative III	tabassai	—
additive I	tabahapäi	taboihepäi
additive II	tabalepäi	taboilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “нрав, повадка, темперамент, характер”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Noun

taba

1. genitive singular of tab

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa tāba, ultimately from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq), see Spanish tabaco, Portuguese tabaco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá.bà/

Noun

tábà

1. tobacco, tobacco plant

   Synonym: tánà