yaba
التعريفات والمعاني
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Turkic *yāpa (“pitchfork”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [jɑˈbɑ]
Hyphenation: ya‧ba
=== Noun ===
yaba (definite accusative yabanı, plural yabalar)
pitchfork
==== Declension ====
== Barngarla ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈjaba/
=== Noun ===
yaba
hole
=== References ===
Zuckermann, Ghil'ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
== Crimean Tatar ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Turkic *yāpa(k).
=== Noun ===
yaba (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
pitchfork (made of wood)
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
senek
toban
== Dongxiang ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Chinese 啞巴/哑巴 (yǎba).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /jɑˈpɑ/
=== Noun ===
yaba
mute person; dumb person
== Guugu Yimidhirr ==
=== Noun ===
yaba
older brother
== Nupe ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /jà.bà/
=== Noun ===
yàbà (plural yàbàzhì)
banana
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Hausa: àyàbà
→ Bura: àyàbà
→ Dendi: àyàbà
→ Boko: ayaba
== Phuthi ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.
=== Verb ===
-yaba
to share
to distribute
==== Inflection ====
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
== Rawa ==
=== Noun ===
yaba
bed
=== References ===
Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)
== Salar ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Chinese 哑巴 (yǎba).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /jɑbɑ/, /jɑbɨ/
=== Adjective ===
yaba
mute
=== References ===
林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1992), “yaba”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都 [Chéngdū]: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 81
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “yaba”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 121
马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “yaba”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 269
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aba
Syllabification: ya‧ba
=== Noun ===
yaba f (plural yabas)
cabbage bark (Andira inermis)
=== Further reading ===
“yaba”, 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
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یابا (yaba), from Proto-Turkic *yāpa (“pitchfork”).
=== Noun ===
yaba (definite accusative yabayı, plural yabalar)
pitchfork (made of wood)
==== Declension ====
== Yilan Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
Derived from Atayal yabaʼ (“father”)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /jaba/
=== Adverb ===
yaba
very
Synonyms: lagaw, takusang
=== References ===
Peng Qiu (2015), A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole[3] (Master's thesis)
宋硯之 [Walis Hian-chi Song] (28 March 2022), 寒溪克里奧爾語詞彙來源探究及其音韻現象 [A Study of the Origins of Kangke Yilan Creole Lexicon and its Phonological Phenomena], 國立清華大學語言學研究所, page 25
真田信治 [Sanada, Shinji] (5 December 2013), “宜蘭クレオールの音韻覚書 [Notes on Yilan Creole Phonology]”, in 総合政策研究 [Journal of policy studies][4], number 44, pages 103-105
Chien Yuehchen (2023), “Yilan Creole”, in Handbook of Formosan Languages Online: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan[5], number 44, →ISSN