taba

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Tagalog taba.

• IPA^(key): /taˈba/, [taˈba]
• IPA^(key): /taˈbaʔ/, [taˈbaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba

tabá or tabâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊ)

1. fat, lard
2. fatness (of a person, animal)

   Antonym: niwang

3. grease (for food, meat)

   Synonym: suya

4. richness; fertility (for soil)

   Synonym: kabalunbonan

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈta.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈta.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈta.ba]

taba f (plural tabes)

1. (anatomy) anklebone
2. (often plural) knucklebones, jacks

   Synonyms: ossets, joc de botxí

3. (colloquial) chitchat

• “taba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

taba

1. fat; lard

taba

1. Rōmaji transcription of たば

tāba

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tābum

tabá

1. fat

taba

1. alum
2. lard; animal fat

taba class 9 (plural taba class 10, colloquial plural bataba class 2)

1. Alternative form of ntaba

From Proto-Finnic *tapa.

taba

1. custom
2. character
3. nature (of a person &c.)

taba

1. fat

From French tabac.

taba

1. tobacco

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Compare Cahuilla támit

• IPA^(key): /tapa/

taba

1. sun

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.βa/
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tap, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *t͡sap, from Proto-Tupian *jap.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní táva.

taba (possessable)

1. village
2. city, town

   Synonyms: tabeté, tabusu

3. place
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, edited by Pe. Armando Cardoso, Doutrina Cristã do Catecismo Brasílico, volume I, São Paulo: Edições Loyola, published 1993, page 226:

     — Umãmepe i momendari?
     — Paraíso Terreal taporãngatu pupé.

     — Where did he wed them?
     — At the Terrestrial Paradise, a very beautiful place.

• Nheengatu: tawa (“city”)
• → Portuguese: taba (“Tupian village”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

taba

1. absolute of aba

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “taba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 455, column 2

taba m (genitive singular taba, plural tabaichean)

1. tab (computing - in TDI)

From French tabac.

taba

1. tobacco

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

From Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaba/ [ˈt̪a.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: ta‧ba

taba f (plural tabas)

1. anklebone

• “taba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Bikol Central taba.

• IPA^(key): /taˈbaʔ/, [tɐˈbaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba

tabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ)

1. fat (specialized animal tissue)
2. fatness (of a person, animal, etc.)

   Synonym: katabaan

3. lard (fat from pig abdomen)
4. (figurative) fertility (of soil)
5. (colloquial) fat person; fatso

   Synonyms: tabatsoy, tabatsing, tabatsingtsing

• “taba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, from Baltic.

taba

1. character, temperament
2. disposition
3. temper
4. custom, habit

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “нрав, повадка, темперамент, характер”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

taba

1. genitive singular of tab

Borrowed from Hausa tāba, ultimately from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq), see Spanish tabaco, Portuguese tabaco.

• IPA^(key): /tá.bà/

tábà

1. tobacco, tobacco plant

   Synonym: tánà