abarka
Bambara
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [àbarka]
Interjection
abarka
- thanks
- baba, abarka !
- Dad, thanks !
- abarka Ala ye !
- Thanks God !
- abarka !
- lower the price! (during a bargain, when the sum seems too high)
Synonyms
Basque
Etymology
Probably from abar (“small branch”) + -ka.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /abarka/ [a.β̞ar.ka]
- Rhymes: -arka, -a
- Hyphenation: a‧bar‧ka
Noun
abarka inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
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| benefactive | |||
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| locative | |||
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| terminative | |||
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| destinative | |||
| ablative | |||
| partitive | — | — | |
| prolative | — | — |
Derived terms
- abarkadun (“peasant”)
- abarkagile (“sandal maker”)
- abarkagin (“sandal maker”)
- abarkagintza (“sandal making”)
- abarkari (“sandal shoelace”)
- abarketa (“espadrille”)
- abarketagintza (“espadrille making”)
- abarketari (“espadrille maker”)
Descendants
- → Andalusian Arabic: بَرْغَة (barḡa)
- →⇒ Spanish: alpargata
- Aragonese: abarca
- → Old Spanish: abarga
- Spanish: abarca
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “abarka”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 74
Further reading
- “abarka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “abarka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Papiamentu
Etymology
Verb
abarka
See also
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abarcar, variant of abracar, contracted from Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre, a verb based on Latin bracchium (“arm”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabaɾˈka/ [ʔɐ.bɐɾˈka]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: a‧bar‧ka
Noun
abarká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇ᜔ᜃ)
- act of monopolizing or hoarding everything
Derived terms
- abarkahan
- abarkahin
- iabarka
- mag-abarka
- pag-abarka
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “abarka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 3
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 2