habuuba

Juba Arabic

Alternative forms

  • abuuba

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic حبوبة (ḥabbōba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(h)aˈbuba/, [(h)aˈbu.ba]

Noun

habuuba

  1. grandmother
    • 2024, Kitab al Mukadas ma Arabi Juba [The Bible in Juba Arabic]‎[1], Pioneer Bible Translators, Timoteo [Timothy] 1:5:
      […] abuba taki Lois wa uma taki Yunis […]
      […] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice […]

References

  • Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎[2], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 138
  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 24
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