sababu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Fula ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).
=== Noun ===
sababu
reason, cause, motive
==== Alternative forms ====
sabaabe
==== See also ====
sabimmbingol
=== References ===
Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
== Krio ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sá.bá.bù/
=== Noun ===
sábábù
permission
benevolent help
=== References ===
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
sababu class IX (plural sababu class X)
motive
reason
cause
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Causative: -sababisha (“to cause”)
Stative: -sababika
Other derivations:
kwa sababu (“because”)
=== References ===
== Ternate ==
=== Etymology ===
From Classical Malay سبب (sebab), from Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [sa.ˈba.bu]
=== Conjunction ===
sababu (Jawi سبب)
because
==== Alternative forms ====
sabab (with vowel deletion)
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh