abal

See also: abál and Ábal

Abu'

Noun

abal

  1. water

References

Afar

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈabal/ [ˈʔʌbʌl]
  • Hyphenation: a‧bal

Noun

ábal m (plural abalwá f or abaloolá f)

  1. (Northern Afar) game
  2. (Northern Afar) amusement
Declension
        Declension of ábal      
absolutive ábal
predicative ábala
subjective ábal
genitive ábal
  Postpositioned forms
l-case ábalal
k-case ábalak
t-case ábalat
h-case ábalah
Synonyms
  • (Southern dialects) digír

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /aˈbal/ [ʔʌˈbʌl]
  • Hyphenation: a‧bal

Verb

abál

  1. imperative singular of abalé

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “àbal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Didier Morin (2012), “ABAL”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, →ISBN, page 61

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish aval (endorsement, guarantee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abal/ [a.β̞al]
  • Rhymes: -abal, -al
  • Hyphenation: a‧bal

Noun

abal inan

  1. guarantee (legal assurance of something)

Declension

Declension of abal (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive abal abala abalak abalok
ergative abalek abalak abalek abalok
dative abali abalari abalei abaloi
genitive abalen abalaren abalen abalon
comitative abalekin abalarekin abalekin abalokin
causative abalengatik abalarengatik abalengatik abalongatik
benefactive abalentzat abalarentzat abalentzat abalontzat
instrumental abalez abalaz abalez abalotaz
innesive abaletan abalean abaletan abalotan
locative abaletako abaleko abaletako abalotako
allative abaletara abalera abaletara abalotara
terminative abaletaraino abaleraino abaletaraino abalotaraino
directive abaletarantz abalerantz abaletarantz abalotarantz
destinative abaletarako abalerako abaletarako abalotarako
ablative abaletatik abaletik abaletatik abalotatik
partitive abalik
prolative abaltzat

Derived terms

Further reading

  • abal”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • abal”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bukiyip

Noun

abal

  1. water

References

  • Robert J Conrad, Kepas Wogiga, An Outline of Bukiyip Grammar (1991)

Golin

Noun

abal

  1. woman

References

  • Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Ketapang) IPA(key): /a.bal/

Noun

abal (plural abal-abal or abal2)

  1. (Ketapang) cloud

Synonyms

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.bɑl/

Noun

abal m

  1. alternative form of afol

Simalungun Batak

Noun

abal

  1. footpath for human

References

Tboli

Noun

abal

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

abal

  1. (eastern dialect) pandanus

References

  • Shnukal, Anna. (1994) 'Torres Strait Creole' in Macquarie Aboriginal Words, p. 389.

Wolof

Alternative forms

Etymology

From àbb +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔabal/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

abal

  1. to lend

References

  • Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003), Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof (in French), France: Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 44