sababu
Fula
Etymology
Noun
sababu
Alternative forms
- sabaabe
See also
- sabimmbingol
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Krio
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sá.bá.bù/
Noun
sábábù
References
- ^ Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 321
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
sababu class IX (plural sababu class X)
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -sababisha (“to cause”)
- Stative: -sababika
- Other derivations:
- kwa sababu (“because”)
Ternate
Etymology
From Classical Malay سبب (sebab), from Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sa.ˈba.bu]
Conjunction
sababu (Jawi سبب)
Alternative forms
- sabab (with vowel deletion)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh