alabe
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hausa ==
=== Etymology ===
Clearly related to Tamasheq elăbăy (“tobacco pouch”) and Zarma álbày (“leather purse”), but the direction of borrowing is unclear.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔà.lá.bèː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.lə́.bèː]
=== Noun ===
àlabḕ m (plural àlàbai, possessed form àlabèn)
leather wallet (often carried hanging from the neck)
=== References ===
Kossmann, Maarten (2005), Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
== Spanish ==
=== Verb ===
alabe
inflection of alabar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative