taba

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Mandingo taba. === Noun === taba (countable and uncountable, plural tabas) A lump of dried tobacco, occasionally mixed with other recreational drugs, placed in the vagina for its stimulating effects. == Asturian == === Verb === taba first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of tar == Bikol Central == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Tagalog taba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈba/ [taˈba] IPA(key): /taˈbaʔ/ [taˈbaʔ] Hyphenation: ta‧ba === Noun === tabá or tabâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊ) fat, lard fatness (of a person, animal) Antonym: niwang grease (for food, meat) Synonym: suya richness; fertility (for soil) Synonym: kabalunbonan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈta.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈta.bə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈta.ba] === Noun === taba f (plural tabes) (anatomy) anklebone (often plural) knucklebones, jacks Synonyms: ossets, joc de botxí (colloquial) chitchat === Further reading === “taba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Ibatan == === Noun === taba fat; lard == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtaba/ [ˈt̪a.ba] Rhymes: -aba Syllabification: ta‧ba === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Musi [Term?] (Lematang). ==== Verb ==== taba (active menaba, reflexive passive tertaba, ordinary passive ditaba, imperative taba, emphatic-jussive tabalah) to tap for rubber [since 2024] === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Sobei [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== taba (plural taba-taba) arrows made from bamboo, used to shoot fish on rocky beaches [since 2025] === Further reading === “taba”, 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 == Japanese == === Romanization === taba Rōmaji transcription of たば == Latin == === Noun === tāba nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tābum == Limos Kalinga == === Noun === tabá fat == Lindu == === Noun === taba alum lard; animal fat == Lingala == === Etymology === See Lingala ntaba. === Noun === taba goat == Ludian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *tapa. === Noun === taba custom character nature (of a person &c.) == Mansaka == === Noun === taba fat == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From French tabac. === Noun === taba tobacco === References === Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français == Northern Paiute == === Etymology === Compare Cahuilla támit === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tapa/ === Noun === taba sun == Old Tupi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaβa/ Rhymes: -aβa Hyphenation: ta‧ba === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taβ, from Proto-Tupian *tˀap. Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani táva. ==== Noun ==== taba (possessable) village (Late Tupi) city, town Synonyms: see Thesaurus:taba (loosely) place ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Nheengatu: tawa (“city”) → Brazilian Portuguese: taba (“Tupian village”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== taba absolute of aba === References === === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “taba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 455, column 2 == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === taba m (genitive singular taba, plural tabaichean) tab (computing - in TDI) == Seychellois Creole == === Etymology === From French tabac. === Noun === taba tobacco === References === Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français == Spanish == === Etymology === From Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaba/ [ˈt̪a.β̞a] Rhymes: -aba Syllabification: ta‧ba === Noun === taba f (plural tabas) (anatomy) anklebone Synonym: astrágalo === Further reading === “taba”, 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 “taba”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea (apl.org.pe) == Tagalog == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Bikol Central taba. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈbaʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: ta‧ba === Noun === tabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ) fat (specialized animal tissue) fatness (of a person, animal, etc.) Synonym: katabaan lard (fat from pig abdomen) (figurative) fertility (of soil) (colloquial) fat person; fatso Synonyms: tabatsoy, tabatsing, tabatsingtsing ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “taba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === abat, baat, bata == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *tapa, from Baltic. === Noun === taba character, temperament disposition temper custom, habit ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “нрав, повадка, темперамент, характер”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika == Volapük == === Noun === taba genitive singular of tab == Yoruba == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hausa tāba, ultimately from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq), see Spanish tabaco, Portuguese tabaco. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tá.bà/ === Noun === tábà tobacco, tobacco plant Synonym: tánà