ababa

See also: Ababa and ababa'

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- +‎ baba (lowness; shortness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈbabaʔ/ [ʔaˈba.bɐʔ], /ʔabaˈbaʔ/ [ʔa.baˈbɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -abaʔ, -aʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ba

Adjective

ababà or ababâ (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜪ)

  1. low; short (of persons or objects)

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 17

Nkonya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abábaʔ/

Noun

ababa

  1. plural of baba

Spanish

Etymology

See ababol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbaba/ [aˈβ̞a.β̞a]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ba

Noun

ababa f (plural ababas)

  1. red poppy