אבוב

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔabˈbuːβɑː/

Noun

אַבּוּב • (transliteration needed) ?

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)
6 terms

Etymology

Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, “flute”), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, “pipe, tube”). [1]

The Modern Hebrew sense is a phono-semantic matching of English oboe.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈbuv/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב • (abúv or ibúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube
  3. the inner rubber tube inside each one of a car’s tires
  4. a kind of buoy on which people sit, used for fun in water sports

Noun

אַבּוּב • (abúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew, music) oboe

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Klein, Ernest. 1987. "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English". The University of Haifa.
  2. ^ https://www.balashon.com/2015/02/abuv.html
  3. ^ https://www.zuckermann.org/pdf/Secularization-F.pdf#page=8
  • “אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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