mahaba

See also: mahaba'

Asi

Etymology

From ma- +‎ haba.

Adjective

mahabà

  1. long

Nubi

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).

Noun

mahába

  1. love

References

  • Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

mahaba class VI (plural only)

  1. love, romance
    Synonym: mapenzi

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68 Nr. 580
  2. ^ Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum[1], volume 22, →ISSN, page 75 of 72-103:Another common synonym for ‘love’ is mahaba (in Arabic mahabba), derived from the Arabic root /ḥbb/.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From ma- +‎ haba.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈhabaʔ/ [mɐˈhaː.bɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -abaʔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧ha‧ba

Adjective

mahabà (plural mahahaba, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜊ)

  1. long
    Antonym: maiksi

Inflection

Degrees of mahaba
root haba
positive singular plural
mahaba mahahaba
comparative singular plural
superiority mas mahaba mas mahahaba
inferiority hindi gaanong mahaba hindi gaanong mahahaba
equality kasinghaba
superlative singular plural
relative ang pinakamahaba ang pinakamahahaba
absolute napakamahaba napakamahahaba
pagkahaba pagkahaba-haba

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