kaba

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

kabá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜊ)

1. fright

   Synonym: takot

kaba (plural mba)

1. clay bowl

From Minangkabau kaba, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, “news”). Doublet of kabar.

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

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

• “kaba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kaba

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

From Portuguese acabar.

kaba

1. end, finish

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

kaba

1. to give

From Minangkabau kaba, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, “news”). Doublet of khabar.

• IPA^(key): /kaba/
• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba

kaba (Jawi spelling کاب, plural kaba-kaba, informal 1st possessive kabaku, 2nd possessive kabamu, 3rd possessive kabanya)

1. (archaic) A story.
2. (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.

• “kaba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgap.^[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kavy and Paraguayan Guaraní káva.

kaba (unpossessable)

1. wasp (any insect of the family Vespidae)^[2]

• Nheengatu: kawa
• → Brazilian Portuguese: caba

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ, from Proto-Tupian *kʲap.^[1]

kaba (possessable)

1. fat (specialized animal tissue with high lipid content)

   Synonym: kyrá

   • 1613, Pero de Castilho, “Câba. Gordura”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano pella lingua do Brasil; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 31, line 73:

     xecâba, decâba, ycâba.

     [xe kaba, nde kaba, i kaba.]

     My fat, your fat, their fat.

2. cream (oily part of milk)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Nata do leit”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 48; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Ycaba […]

     [I kaba […] ]

     Their cream.

• Nheengatu: kawa

• 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 210, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 296

• kba

Borrowed from Portuguese acabar.

kaba

1. to end, to finish, to come to an end
   • 2005, Nyun-Grontapuvertaling fu den Kresten Griki Buku fu Bijbel [New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures]‎^[2], Brooklyn, NY: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Acts of the Apostles, chapter 26, verse 24:

     Di Paulus kaba taki gi ensrefi, Festus taki nanga wan tranga sten: „Yu e kon law, Paulus! Den kefalek sani di yu leri e law yu!”

     When Paul was done speaking up for himself, Festus said with a loud voice: “You lost your mind, Paul! The great things you learnt are driving you insane!”

kaba

1. Perfective marker.

kaba

1. end
   • 1975, Edgar Cairo, “Wan pisi fu libi”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎^[3], New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 254:

     Wan takru sortu kosokoso di no abi kaba a ben gwenti e kisi.

     He used to get a nasty cough that had no end.

• Aukan: kaba, kaa
• Saramaccan: kabá

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

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-kaba (infinitive kukaba)

1. to strangle, choke, throttle

From Proto-Philippine *kəbá (“for the chest to tighten in excitement or fear; for the heart to pound”). Compare Ilocano kebba, Kankanaey keba, Bikol Central kaba, Cebuano kuba, and Hiligaynon kuba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈba/ [kɐˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧ba

kabá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊ)

1. palpitation due to excitement or fear; nervousness

   Synonym: tibok

2. premonition; foreboding

   Synonyms: kutob, agam

• “kaba” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[4], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kebá”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• Baka, baka, akba

kaba

1. large cockroach

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

• IPA^(key): [kɑbɑ]

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kaba

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

• (?) gebe
• kabalık

• kabarmak

• “kaba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu