aabe

See also: åbe

Estonian

Etymology

Created artificially from the names of the first two letters of the alphabet - "aa" and "bee".

Noun

aabe (genitive aape, partitive aabet)

  1. letter

Declension
Declension of aabe (ÕS type 6/mõte, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative aabe aaped
genitive aape aabete
partitive aabet aapeid
illative aapesse aabetesse
aapeisse
inessive aapes aabetes
aapeis
elative aapest aabetest
aapeist
allative aapele aabetele
aapeile
adessive aapel aabetel
aapeil
ablative aapelt aabetelt
aapeilt
translative aapeks aabeteks
aapeiks
terminative aapeni aabeteni
essive aapena aabetena
abessive aapeta aabeteta
comitative aapega aabetega

Further reading
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “aabe”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-. Cognate with Proto-Semitic *ʾab- (“father”). See aabo.

Noun

aabe m

  1. father (male parent), dad
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