raba
التعريفات والمعاني
== Afar ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Cognate with Saho raba.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈraba/ [ˈɾʌbʌ]
Hyphenation: ra‧ba
==== Noun ====
rába m
death
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /raˈba/ [ɾʌˈbʌ]
Hyphenation: ra‧ba
==== Verb ====
raba
inflection of rabé (“die”):
first-person singular affirmative imperfective indicative
third-person singular masculine affirmative imperfective indicative
=== References ===
E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “ràba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 179
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
== Estonian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Cognate to Finnish rapa (“dirt”). Most likely from Proto-Norse *draƀa-. Compare Swedish drav.
==== Noun ====
raba (genitive raba, partitive raba)
moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Proto-Finnic *rapa, from Proto-Norse *draƀa-. Compare Swedish drav.
==== Noun ====
raba (genitive raba, partitive raba)
sediment left over after the creation of beer or kvass
===== Declension =====
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From rabo (“turnip”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈraβɐ]
=== Noun ===
raba m (plural rabas)
turnip greens
a bait made with roe
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “raba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Indonesian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈraba/
Hyphenation: ra‧ba
Rhymes: -ba, -a
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Malay raba.
==== Verb ====
raba
(ambitransitive) to palpate; to touch, rub, or feel by physical contact
Synonyms: jamah, rogoh
(figurative, intransitive) to guess, to surmise; to suspect.
Synonyms: duga, kira
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Minangkabau raba.
==== Adjective ====
raba (comparative lebih raba, superlative paling raba)
(dialect) angry
Synonym: marah
===== Derived terms =====
=== Further reading ===
“raba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
rabba
raiba, reba (uncommon)
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic رَحْب (raḥb, “marketplace of grain”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈra.ba/
Rhymes: -aba
Hyphenation: rà‧ba
=== Noun ===
raba f (plural rabe)
(historical) denoting: [from 5th to 16th c.]
(Sicily) a grain warehouse
(Genoa) a warehouse with a marketplace in front of it (the only allowed location for grain sale)
(Pisa) the fee paid by merchants in order to deposit their goods in public trading posts
=== Further reading ===
raba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
bara
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
raba
Rōmaji transcription of らば
Rōmaji transcription of ラバ
== Malay ==
=== Verb ===
raba
guess
==== Derived terms ====
== Northern Sami ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈrapa/
=== Verb ===
raba
inflection of rahpat:
present indicative connegative
second-person singular imperative
imperative connegative
== Old Irish ==
=== Verb ===
·raba
first-person singular perfect prototonic of at·tá
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aba
Syllabification: ra‧ba
Homophone: Raba
=== Etymology 1 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Noun ====
raba f
(Chełmno-Dobrzyń) synonym of maciora (“sow”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
raba m pers
genitive/accusative singular of rab
=== Further reading ===
Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “raba”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 307
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Variation of rabo.
=== Noun ===
raba f (plural rabas)
(informal, vulgar) ass, butt (the buttocks)
=== Further reading ===
“raba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Slovene ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ràːba/
=== Noun ===
rába f
use (act of using)
==== Declension ====
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Unknown.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈraba/ [ˈra.β̞a]
Rhymes: -aba
Syllabification: ra‧ba
=== Noun ===
raba f (plural rabas)
(Argentina, Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, chiefly in the plural) deep-fried calamari
=== Further reading ===
“raba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English rubber.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
raba class IX (plural raba class X)
running shoe, sneaker (shoe with rubber soles)
rubber, eraser
Synonym: kifutio
(slang) condom
Synonyms: kondomu, soksi
== Ternate ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɾa.ba]
=== Verb ===
raba
(transitive) to seize, confiscate
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
== Veps ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *rapa.
=== Noun ===
raba
sediment
coffee grounds
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “гуща”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika