kaab

Juba Arabic

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic كعب (kaʕab, “bad”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaˈab/, [ˈkaˈab]

Adjective

kaab

  1. bad, horrible
    • 2024, “Hajat kaab”, performed by John Frog, South Sudan:
      Kasarif biga mafi asa de biga kef? hajaat kaab
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. serious
    de kalaam kaab
    this is a serious issue

References

  • Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 146

Marshallese

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɑːpˠ], (enunciated) [kɑɑpˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kæɰæpˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {kahab}

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gaff.

Noun

kaab

  1. a gaff

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English curve.

Alternative forms

Noun

kaab

  1. a curve

References

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