"abba" meaning in Afar

See abba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /abˈba/, [ʔʌbˈbʌ]
Etymology: From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, from a nursery word. Cognates include Saho abba, Somali aabo and Hebrew אבא (’abā’). Etymology templates: {{inh|aa|afa-pro|*ʔab-}} Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, {{cog|ssy|abba}} Saho abba, {{cog|so|aabo}} Somali aabo, {{cog|he|אבא|tr=’abā’}} Hebrew אבא (’abā’) Head templates: {{head|aa|noun|||||||or||or||or||plural|abbobtí|or|abboobí|or||or||or||f10accel-form=p|f10g=f|f11accel-form=p|f11g=f|f1accel-form=f|f2accel-form=m|f3accel-form=s|f3g=?|f4accel-form=s|f4g=?|f5accel-form=s|f5g=?|f6accel-form=s|f6g=?|f7accel-form=p|f7g=f|f8accel-form=p|f8g=f|f9accel-form=p|f9g=f|g=m|head=abbá}} abbá m (plural abbobtí f or abboobí f), {{aa-noun|abbá|g=m|gpl=f|pl=abbobtí|pl2=abboobí}} abbá m (plural abbobtí f or abboobí f) Inflection templates: {{aa-decl|abbá|abbá|abbí|abbí|voc=abbáw}} Forms: abbá [canonical, masculine], abbobtí [feminine, plural], abboobí [feminine, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], abbá [absolutive], abbá [predicative], abbí [subjective], abbí [genitive], abbáw [vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], abbál [l-case, with-postposition], abbák [k-case, with-postposition], abbát [t-case, with-postposition], abbáh [h-case, with-postposition]
  1. father
    Sense id: en-abba-aa-noun-iKGIHwAl Categories (other): Male family members, Parents Disambiguation of Male family members: 76 11 13 Disambiguation of Parents: 89 5 6
  2. chief
    Sense id: en-abba-aa-noun-koWCe4Ax
  3. director
    Sense id: en-abba-aa-noun-7310iYwi Categories (other): Afar entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afar entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kaxxa-abbá Coordinate_terms: iná (english: mother) 
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ssy",
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "form": "abbí",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "abbáw",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "aa-decl",
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      ]
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      "form": "abbál",
      "source": "declension",
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        "l-case",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "abbák",
      "source": "declension",
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        "k-case",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbát",
      "source": "declension",
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        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbáh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "f5g": "?",
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      "expansion": "abbá m (plural abbobtí f or abboobí f)",
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      "args": {
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  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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      ]
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afar",
  "lang_code": "aa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 11 13",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 5 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "aa",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "aa:Parents",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chief"
      ],
      "id": "en-abba-aa-noun-koWCe4Ax",
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
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        ]
      ]
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      ],
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      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/abˈba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔʌbˈbʌ]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Afar nouns",
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    "Afar terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Afar terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
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    "aa:Male family members",
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  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "mother",
      "translation": "mother",
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    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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      "form": "abboobí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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        "predicative"
      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abbáw",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
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        "f4accel-form": "s",
        "f4g": "?",
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        "f5g": "?",
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        "f6g": "?",
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      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/abˈba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔʌbˈbʌ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abba"
}

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