daba

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daba

1. coconut

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdabaʔ/ [ˈd̪a.baʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧ba

dabà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜊ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) love; affection; endearment

   Synonyms: dangat, muot, mahal

daba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar

From English dab.

daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí)

1. dab, daub
2. blob; lump, dollop
3. clod, lout (of person)

Borrowed from English dab.

daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí)

1. dab (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “daba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “daba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

daba

1. laundry

• Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

• From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dabāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-o-s, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to model, to fashion”).

daba f (4th declension)

1. nature

   cilvēka daba ― human nature

   dabas bagātības ― natural resources

daba

1. son

• Association pour la Promotion de la Langue Mogum, 2012, Usunoŋten nasarawe 1. Transition de mogoum en français.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaba/ [ˈd̪a.β̞a]

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• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: da‧ba

daba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar

daba

1. stone