daba

See also: dàbā, Dàbā, and dàbà

Atong (India)

Etymology

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Noun

daba

1. coconut

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdabaʔ/ [ˈd̪a.baʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧ba

Noun

dabà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜊ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) love; affection; endearment

   Synonyms: dangat, muot, mahal

Derived terms

• baba
• padaba

Galician

Verb

daba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar

Irish

Etymology 1

From English dab.

Noun

daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí)

1. dab, daub
2. blob; lump, dollop
3. clod, lout (of person)

Derived terms

• dabáil f (“(act of) dabbing, daubing”)
• dabán m (“little daub; small lump”)
• mac an daba m (“ring finger”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dab.

Noun

daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí)

1. dab (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae)

Declension

Declension of daba (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative daba dabaí vocative a dhaba a dhabaí genitive daba dabaí dative daba dabaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an daba na dabaí genitive an daba na ndabaí dative leis an daba don daba leis na dabaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of daba

radical	lenition	eclipsis
daba	dhaba	ndaba

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “daba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “daba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “daba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Karao

Noun

daba

1. laundry

References

• Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dabāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰabʰ-o-s, from *dʰabʰ- (“to model, to fashion”).

Noun

daba f (4th declension)

1. nature

   cilvēka daba ― human nature

   dabas bagātības ― natural resources

Declension

Declension of daba (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	daba	dabas
genitive	dabas	dabu
dative	dabai	dabām
accusative	dabu	dabas
instrumental	dabu	dabām
locative	dabā	dabās
vocative	daba	dabas

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015), “daba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 110

Mogum

Noun

daba

1. son

References

• Association pour la Promotion de la Langue Mogum, 2012, Usunoŋten nasarawe 1. Transition de mogoum en français.

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic إِذَا بِ (ʔiḏā bi)

Moroccan Arabic دابا (dāba)bor.

Senhaja de Srair daba

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دابا (dāba), from Arabic إِذَا بِ (ʔiḏā bi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daba/

Adverb

daba (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⴱⴰ)

1. now

   Synonyms: lux (Hmed, Ketama, Taghzut, Zerqet), derwax (Ketama), amka (Hmed), imi (Taghzut)

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaba/ [ˈd̪a.β̞a]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: da‧ba

Verb

daba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar

Zia

Noun

daba

1. stone