kaba

See also: Kaba, Ka'ba, kabā, and kába

Bikol Central

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈba/, [kaˈba]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba

Noun

kabá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜊ)

  1. fright
    Synonym: takot

Derived terms
  • kabahan
  • makabahan
  • pakaba

Gonja

Noun

kaba (plural mba)

  1. clay bowl

Indonesian

Etymology

From Minangkabau [Term?], from Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar, “news”). Doublet of kabar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaba/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba
  • Rhymes: -ba, -a

Noun

kaba (first-person possessive kabaku, second-person possessive kabamu, third-person possessive kabanya)

  1. story
    1. (literature) Minangkabau traditional literature in the form of rhythmic prose, simple sentences with 3-5 words so that it can be said rhythmically or sung, the theme of the story is various, such as heroism, adventure, consolation, and love stories

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kaba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かば
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カバ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese acabar.

Verb

kaba

  1. end, finish

References
  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Lingala

Verb

kaba

  1. to give

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese acabar.

Verb

kaba

  1. to end, to finish, to come to an end

Particle

kaba

  1. Perfective marker.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-kaba (infinitive kukaba)

  1. to strangle, choke, throttle

Conjugation
Conjugation of -kaba
Positive present -nakaba
Subjunctive -kabe
Negative -kabi
Imperative singular kaba
Infinitives
Positive kukaba
Negative kutokaba
Imperatives
Singular kaba
Plural kabeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukaba
Positive past positive subject concord + -likaba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukaba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakaba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakaba/nakaba tunakaba
2nd person unakaba mnakaba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakaba wanakaba
other classes positive subject concord + -nakaba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kabi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikabi hatukabi
2nd person hukabi hamkabi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakabi hawakabi
other classes negative subject concord + -kabi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takaba
Negative future negative subject concord + -takaba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kabe)
Singular Plural
1st person nikabe tukabe
2nd person ukabe mkabe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akabe wakabe
other classes positive subject concord + -kabe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikabe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekaba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekaba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikaba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikaba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akaba)
Singular Plural
1st person nakaba twakaba
2nd person wakaba mwakaba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akaba wakaba
m-mi(III/IV) wakaba yakaba
ji-ma(V/VI) lakaba yakaba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakaba vyakaba
n(IX/X) yakaba zakaba
u(XI) wakaba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakaba
pa(XVI) pakaba
mu(XVIII) mwakaba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekaba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakaba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakaba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikaba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokaba
Consecutive kakaba / positive subject concord + -kakaba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakabe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikaba -tukaba
2nd person -kukaba -wakaba/-kukabeni/-wakabeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkaba -wakaba
m-mi(III/IV) -ukaba -ikaba
ji-ma(V/VI) -likaba -yakaba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikaba -vikaba
n(IX/X) -ikaba -zikaba
u(XI) -ukaba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukaba
pa(XVI) -pakaba
mu(XVIII) -mukaba
Reflexive -jikaba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kaba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kabaye -kabao
m-mi(III/IV) -kabao -kabayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kabalo -kabayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kabacho -kabavyo
n(IX/X) -kabayo -kabazo
u(XI) -kabao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kabako
pa(XVI) -kabapo
mu(XVIII) -kabamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kaba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekaba -okaba
m-mi(III/IV) -okaba -yokaba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokaba -yokaba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokaba -vyokaba
n(IX/X) -yokaba -zokaba
u(XI) -okaba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokaba
pa(XVI) -pokaba
mu(XVIII) -mokaba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba
  • IPA(key): /kaˈba/, [kɐˈba]

Noun

kabá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊ)

  1. premonition; foreboding
    Synonyms: kutob, agam

Tboli

Noun

kaba

  1. large cockroach

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قبه‎ (kaba), from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *kāp- (“to swell; thick, swollen”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɑbɑ]
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

kaba

  1. rude; coarse, unrefined; vulgar
  2. swollen, large

Derived terms

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*kāp-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading
  • kaba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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