gabba

== English == === Noun === gabba (countable and uncountable, plural gabbas) (music) Alternative spelling of gabber. (South Africa) friend == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch gabber. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xɑbɑ/ === Noun === gabba (plural gabbas, diminutive gabbatjie) friend ==== Related terms ==== gatgabba ==== Descendants ==== → English: gabba == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse gabba. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -apːa === Verb === gabba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gabbaði, supine gabbað) to befool ==== Conjugation ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡab.ba/ Rhymes: -abba Hyphenation: gàb‧ba === Etymology 1 === Variant forms. ==== Noun ==== gabba f (plural gabbe) alternative form of gabbo === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gabba inflection of gabbare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Northern Sami == === Etymology === From Proto-Samic *këmpë. === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkabːba/ === Noun === gabba white reindeer ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gapponą, *gabbōną (“to joke”), probably related to *gapōną (“to gape”). See Dutch gapen (“to gape”). === Verb === gabba (transitive) to mock, to make game of ==== Related terms ==== gabb ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gabba → Old French: gaber, gaiber, jaber Middle French: gaber French: gaber === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gabba”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive