abla

abla

1. (Kirikiri) tongue

• oma (Faia)

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.βla/

abla

1. inflection of aball:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

From Spanish hablar.

abla

1. to speak

abla

1. speech

Borrowed from Spanish habla (“speech”), from Old Spanish fabla, from Latin fābula. Doublet of habla and pabula.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔabla/ [ˈʔaː.blɐ]

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    • Rhymes: -abla
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbla/ [ʔɐˈbla]

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    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧bla

abla or ablá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎ)

1. idle talk; too much talk; surplus talk

   Synonyms: daldal, satsat

• “abla”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “abla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “abla”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

• laab, bala, alab, alba, Alba, laba

From Ottoman Turkish ابلا (abla, “elder sister”), most likely from earlier *appa, from Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Compare ebe (“aunt, midwife”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑbɫɑ]

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• Hyphenation: ab‧la

abla (definite accusative ablayı, plural ablalar)

1. older sister

   Şimdilik ablamın evinde kalıyorum.

   I'm staying over at my older sister's house for now.

2. term of address for a woman, younger than teyze (“auntie”)

   İndirim yapmaz mısın be abla? Öğrenciyiz de. (colloquial speech)

   Wouldn't you give us a discount? Please ma'am, we are students.

3. (slang) brothel mistress, whorehouse madam

   Synonyms: mama, çaça

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