"babba" meaning in Hausa

See babba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bàb.bá/, [bàb.bə́] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: bàbba [canonical], bàbba [feminine], mânyā [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. The suppletive plural may have once been the singular, and has plentiful cognates within Chadic, e.g. Kanakuru manjò (“old”, singular). Etymology templates: {{unk|ha}} Unknown, {{cog|kna|manjo|manjò|old|pos=singular}} Kanakuru manjò (“old”, singular) Head templates: {{head|ha|adjective|feminine|bàbba|plural|mânyā|head=bàbba|sort=}} bàbba (feminine bàbba, plural mânyā), {{ha-adj|bàbba|bàbba|mânyā}} bàbba (feminine bàbba, plural mânyā)
  1. big, large
    Sense id: en-babba-ha-adj-zS7rhlBR Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Hausa links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hausa links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33
  2. great, important
    Sense id: en-babba-ha-adj--ROg2I3c Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Hausa links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hausa links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33
  3. adult
    Sense id: en-babba-ha-adj-f9w-gDjo Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Hausa links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hausa links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Hausa links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Hausa links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 0
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    {
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    }
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