abarka
Bambara
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [àbarka]
Interjection
abarka
- thanks
- baba, abarka !
- Dad, thanks !
- abarka Ala ye !
- Thanks God !
- abarka !
- lower the price! (during a bargain, when the sum seems too high)
Synonyms
Basque
Etymology
Probably from abar (“small branch”) + -ka.[1]
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): /abarka/ [a.β̞ar.ka]
- Rhymes: -arka, -a
- Hyphenation: a‧bar‧ka
Noun
abarka inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | abarka | abarka | abarkak | abarkok |
| ergative | abarkak | abarkak | abarkek | abarkok |
| dative | abarkari | abarkari | abarkei | abarkoi |
| genitive | abarkaren | abarkaren | abarken | abarkon |
| comitative | abarkarekin | abarkarekin | abarkekin | abarkokin |
| causative | abarkarengatik | abarkarengatik | abarkengatik | abarkongatik |
| benefactive | abarkarentzat | abarkarentzat | abarkentzat | abarkontzat |
| instrumental | abarkaz | abarkaz | abarkez | abarkotaz |
| innesive | abarkatan | abarkan | abarketan | abarkotan |
| locative | abarkatako | abarkako | abarketako | abarkotako |
| allative | abarkatara | abarkara | abarketara | abarkotara |
| terminative | abarkataraino | abarkaraino | abarketaraino | abarkotaraino |
| directive | abarkatarantz | abarkarantz | abarketarantz | abarkotarantz |
| destinative | abarkatarako | abarkarako | abarketarako | abarkotarako |
| ablative | abarkatatik | abarkatik | abarketatik | abarkotatik |
| partitive | abarkarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | abarkatzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- abarkadun (“peasant”)
- abarkagile (“sandal maker”)
- abarkagin (“sandal maker”)
- abarkagintza (“sandal making”)
- abarkari (“sandal shoelace”)
- abarketa (“espadrille”)
- abarketagintza (“espadrille making”)
- abarketari (“espadrille maker”)
Descendants
- → Andalusian Arabic: بَرْغَة (barḡa)
- →⇒ Spanish: alpargata
- Aragonese: abarca
- → Old Spanish: abarga
- Spanish: abarca
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “abarka”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 74
Further reading
- “abarka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “abarka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Papiamentu
Etymology
Verb
abarka
See also
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abarcar, variant of abracar, contracted from Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre, a verb based on Latin bracchium (“arm”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabaɾˈka/ [ʔɐ.bɐɾˈka]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: a‧bar‧ka
Noun
abarká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇ᜔ᜃ)
- act of monopolizing or hoarding everything
Derived terms
- abarkahan
- abarkahin
- iabarka
- mag-abarka
- pag-abarka
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “abarka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 3
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 2