"ubaba" meaning in All languages combined

See ubaba on Wiktionary

Noun [Northern Ndebele]

Forms: úbabá [canonical, class-1a], óbabá [class-2a, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *bààbá. Etymology templates: {{inh|nd|bnt-pro|*bààbá}} Proto-Bantu *bààbá Head templates: {{head|nd|noun|plural|óbabá|cat2=class 1a nouns|f1g=c2a|f1request=1|g=c1a|head=úbabá}} úbabá class 1a (plural óbabá class 2a), {{nd-noun|úbabá|1a|2a|óbabá}} úbabá class 1a (plural óbabá class 2a)
  1. father

Noun [Southern Ndebele]

Forms: úbabá [canonical, class-1a], ábóbabá [class-2a, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *bààbá. Etymology templates: {{inh|nr|bnt-pro|*bààbá}} Proto-Bantu *bààbá Head templates: {{head|nr|noun|plural|ábóbabá|cat2=class 1a nouns|f1g=c2a|f1request=1|g=c1a|head=úbabá}} úbabá class 1a (plural ábóbabá class 2a), {{nr-noun|úbabá|1a|2a|ábóbabá}} úbabá class 1a (plural ábóbabá class 2a)
  1. father

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-ubaba.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *lu- Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *wu- Swahili u- Proto-Bantu *bààbá Swahili baba Swahili ubaba From u- + baba. Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:af|u-<id:noun>|baba|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *lu- Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *wu- Swahili u- Proto-Bantu *bààbá Swahili baba Swahili ubaba [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*lu-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*bʊ̀-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*wu-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "u-", "lang" : "sw" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*bààbá", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "baba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "ubaba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="ubaba"> From u- + baba. Head templates: {{sw-noun|u|-}} ubaba class XI (no plural)
  1. fatherhood, paternity Tags: class-xi, no-plural Coordinate_terms: umama

Noun [Zulu]

IPA: /úɓaːɓá/
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *bààbá. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*bààbá}} Proto-Bantu *bààbá Head templates: {{zu-noun|úbabá|1a|2a|ṓbabá}} úbabá class 1a (plural ṓbabá class 2a) Inflection templates: {{zu-infl-noun|LH|1a|2a|obaba}} Forms: úbabá [canonical, class-1a], ṓbabá [class-2a, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ubaba [error-unrecognized-form, singular], obaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural], baba [error-unrecognized-form, singular], bobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural], kubaba [locative, singular], kobaba [locative, plural], ngubaba [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ngobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural], kababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], okababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], wobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], owobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], bakababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], abakababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], bobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], abobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], ekababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], yobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], eyobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], likababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], elikababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], lobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], elobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], akababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], obaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], awobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], sikababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], esikababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], sobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], esobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], zikababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], ezikababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], zobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], ezobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], lukababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], olukababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], olobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], bukababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], obukababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], obobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], kukababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], okukababa [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], kobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive], okobaba [error-unrecognized-form, plural, possessive]
  1. my father Related terms: uyihlo (english: your father), uyise (english: his/her father), umama (english: my mother)

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "nd",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "kobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ngubaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "okababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "wobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "possessive"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abakababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "possessive"
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    {
      "form": "ekababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "yobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "obukababa",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "úbabá",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "2a",
        "4": "ṓbabá"
      },
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      "name": "zu-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "LH",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "2a",
        "4": "obaba"
      },
      "name": "zu-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zu",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "zu:Family",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "my father"
      ],
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        [
          "my",
          "my"
        ],
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          "father",
          "father"
        ]
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        {
          "english": "your father",
          "translation": "your father",
          "word": "uyihlo"
        },
        {
          "english": "his/her father",
          "translation": "his/her father",
          "word": "uyise"
        },
        {
          "english": "my mother",
          "translation": "my mother",
          "word": "umama"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/úɓaːɓá/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nd",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*bààbá"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bààbá",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "class-1a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "óbabá",
      "links": [
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          "obaba"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
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        "g": "c1a",
        "head": "úbabá"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "úbabá",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "2a",
        "4": "óbabá"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Ndebele class 1a nouns",
        "Northern Ndebele entries with incorrect language header",
        "Northern Ndebele lemmas",
        "Northern Ndebele nouns",
        "Northern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Northern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ubaba"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nr",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*bààbá"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bààbá",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-1a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ábóbabá",
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "class-2a",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ábóbabá",
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        "f1request": "1",
        "g": "c1a",
        "head": "úbabá"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "1a",
        "3": "2a",
        "4": "ábóbabá"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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        "Southern Ndebele entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Southern Ndebele nouns",
        "Southern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Southern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu"
      ],
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        "father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ubaba"
}

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    {
      "word": "umama"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": ":af",
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        "4": "baba",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
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      "name": "ety"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u",
        "2": "-"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Swahili class XI nouns",
        "Swahili entries with etymology texts",
        "Swahili entries with etymology trees",
        "Swahili entries with etymon",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms prefixed with u- (noun)",
        "Swahili uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fatherhood, paternity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fatherhood",
          "fatherhood"
        ],
        [
          "paternity",
          "paternity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-xi",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ubaba.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/Sw-ke-ubaba.flac/Sw-ke-ubaba.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/Sw-ke-ubaba.flac/Sw-ke-ubaba.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ubaba"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*bààbá"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bààbá",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.",
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    {
      "form": "úbabá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-1a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ṓbabá",
      "links": [
        [
          "ṓbabá",
          "obaba"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-2a",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu-infl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ubaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngubaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bakababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abakababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ekababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "awobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezikababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ezobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "olobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okukababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okobaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "úbabá",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "2a",
        "4": "ṓbabá"
      },
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      "name": "zu-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "LH",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "2a",
        "4": "obaba"
      },
      "name": "zu-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "your father",
      "translation": "your father",
      "word": "uyihlo"
    },
    {
      "english": "his/her father",
      "translation": "his/her father",
      "word": "uyise"
    },
    {
      "english": "my mother",
      "translation": "my mother",
      "word": "umama"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Zulu class 1a nouns",
        "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zulu lemmas",
        "Zulu nouns",
        "Zulu nouns with tone LH",
        "Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Zulu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "zu:Family"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "my father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "my",
          "my"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/úɓaːɓá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ubaba"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'full form'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'simple form'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'copulative'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'modifier'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ubaba/Zulu 'substantive' base_tags={'possessive', 'singular', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'modifier'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ubaba/Zulu 'substantive' base_tags={'plural', 'possessive', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 1'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 2'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 3'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 4'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 5'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 6'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 7'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 8'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 9'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 10'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 11'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 14'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 15'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'class 17'",
  "path": [
    "ubaba"
  ],
  "section": "Zulu",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ubaba",
  "trace": ""
}

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