oktaba
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== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Lesser Poland):
(Kielce) IPA(key): [ɔkˈta.ba]
=== Noun ===
oktaba f
(Kielce) alternative form of oktawa (“period of eight days after Corpus Christi”)
=== Further reading ===
Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895), “oktaby”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 93
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
(postponement): utaba — colloquial
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish octava, from Latin octāvus (“eighth”). As for the sense of “postponement”, according to Panganiban (1973), at least two old folk informers affirm that during their younger years, a postponement in utaba meant “the same day next week” which would be the eighth day.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔokˈtaba/ [ʔokˈt̪aː.bɐ]
Rhymes: -aba
Syllabification: ok‧ta‧ba
=== Noun ===
oktaba (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜊ)
(music) octave
(poetry) octave
postponement to a later date (especially of a celebration or festival)
Synonym: pagpapaliban
==== Derived terms ====
ioktaba
=== Adjective ===
oktaba (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜊ)
(uncommon) eighth
Synonyms: ikawalo, oktabo
=== References ===
“oktaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 738
=== Anagrams ===
tabako