mahaba
التعريفات والمعاني
== Asi ==
=== Etymology ===
From ma- + haba.
=== Adjective ===
mahabà
long
== Nubi ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).
=== Noun ===
mahába
love
=== References ===
Wellens, Ineke (2005), The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
mahaba class VI (plural only)
love, romance
Synonym: mapenzi
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015), “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum[2], volume 22, →ISSN, page 83-84 of 72-103
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
From ma- + haba.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈhabaʔ/ [mɐˈhaː.bɐʔ]
Rhymes: -abaʔ
Syllabification: ma‧ha‧ba
=== Adjective ===
mahabà (plural mahahaba, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜊ)
long
Antonym: maiksi
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=== Further reading ===
“mahaba”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“mahaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018