"cab" meaning in Somali

See cab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʕǣb/, [ˈʡ͜ʢǣʔ͡p]
Etymology: Cognate with Rendille abh'ub, Oromo obaasuu (“to give drink, to make drink”), Orma oba (“herds drinking-water”), Afar ooqobe. Etymology templates: {{cog|rel|abh'ub}} Rendille abh'ub, {{cog|om|obaasuu|t=to give drink, to make drink}} Oromo obaasuu (“to give drink, to make drink”), {{cog|orc|oba|t=herds drinking-water}} Orma oba (“herds drinking-water”), {{cog|aa|ooqobe}} Afar ooqobe Head templates: {{head|so|verb|causative|cabsii|passive|caban|middle|cabo|head=cäb}} cäb (causative cabsii, passive caban, middle cabo) Inflection templates: {{so-conj|cabb||t}}, {{so-conj-table|cabbi|cabbid|cabbaa|cabbtaa|cabbaa|cabbtaa|cabbay|cabbtay|cabbay|cabbtay|cabbnaa|cabbtaan|cabbaan|cabbnay|cabbteen|cabbeen|cabbi doonaa|cabbi doontaa|cabbi doonaa|cabbi doontaa|cabbi doonnaa|cabbi doontaan|cabbi doonaan|cabbay|cabbtay|cab|cabbtay|cabbnay|cabbte|cabbe|type=I}} Forms: cäb [canonical], cabsii [causative], caban [passive], cabo [middle], no-table-tags [table-tags], cabbi [infinitive], cabbid [noun-from-verb], cabbaa [first-person, present, singular], cabbay [first-person, past, singular], cabbi doonaa [first-person, future, singular], cabbtaa [present, second-person, singular], cabbtay [past, second-person, singular], cabbi doontaa [future, second-person, singular], cabbaa [present, singular, third-person], cabbay [past, singular, third-person], cabbi doonaa [future, singular, third-person], cab [past, singular, third-person], cabbtaa [present, singular, third-person], cabbtay [past, singular, third-person], cabbi doontaa [future, singular, third-person], cabbnaa [first-person, plural, present], cabbnay [first-person, past, plural], cabbi doonnaa [first-person, future, plural], cabbtaan [plural, present, second-person], cabbteen [past, plural, second-person], cabbi doontaan [future, plural, second-person], cabbte [past, plural, second-person], cabbaan [plural, present, third-person], cabbeen [past, plural, third-person], cabbi doonaan [future, plural, third-person], cabbe [past, plural, third-person]
  1. (transitive) drink Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cab-so-verb-IYrmtElm Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Somali entries with incorrect language header
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rel",
        "2": "abh'ub"
      },
      "expansion": "Rendille abh'ub",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "obaasuu",
        "t": "to give drink, to make drink"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo obaasuu (“to give drink, to make drink”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orc",
        "2": "oba",
        "t": "herds drinking-water"
      },
      "expansion": "Orma oba (“herds drinking-water”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "ooqobe"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar ooqobe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Rendille abh'ub, Oromo obaasuu (“to give drink, to make drink”), Orma oba (“herds drinking-water”), Afar ooqobe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cäb",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabsii",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caban",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabo",
      "tags": [
        "middle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-conj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cab",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbnay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbteen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doontaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbeen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "causative",
        "4": "cabsii",
        "5": "passive",
        "6": "caban",
        "7": "middle",
        "8": "cabo",
        "head": "cäb"
      },
      "expansion": "cäb (causative cabsii, passive caban, middle cabo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cab"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cabb",
        "2": "",
        "3": "t"
      },
      "name": "so-conj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cabbi",
        "10": "cabbtay",
        "11": "cabbnaa",
        "12": "cabbtaan",
        "13": "cabbaan",
        "14": "cabbnay",
        "15": "cabbteen",
        "16": "cabbeen",
        "17": "cabbi doonaa",
        "18": "cabbi doontaa",
        "19": "cabbi doonaa",
        "2": "cabbid",
        "20": "cabbi doontaa",
        "21": "cabbi doonnaa",
        "22": "cabbi doontaan",
        "23": "cabbi doonaan",
        "24": "cabbay",
        "25": "cabbtay",
        "26": "cab",
        "27": "cabbtay",
        "28": "cabbnay",
        "29": "cabbte",
        "3": "cabbaa",
        "30": "cabbe",
        "4": "cabbtaa",
        "5": "cabbaa",
        "6": "cabbtaa",
        "7": "cabbay",
        "8": "cabbtay",
        "9": "cabbay",
        "type": "I"
      },
      "name": "so-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drink"
      ],
      "id": "en-cab-so-verb-IYrmtElm",
      "links": [
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) drink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕǣb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢǣʔ͡p]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cab"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rel",
        "2": "abh'ub"
      },
      "expansion": "Rendille abh'ub",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "obaasuu",
        "t": "to give drink, to make drink"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo obaasuu (“to give drink, to make drink”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orc",
        "2": "oba",
        "t": "herds drinking-water"
      },
      "expansion": "Orma oba (“herds drinking-water”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "ooqobe"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar ooqobe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Rendille abh'ub, Oromo obaasuu (“to give drink, to make drink”), Orma oba (“herds drinking-water”), Afar ooqobe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cäb",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabsii",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caban",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabo",
      "tags": [
        "middle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-conj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cab",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbnay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbtaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbteen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doontaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbeen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbi doonaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cabbe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "causative",
        "4": "cabsii",
        "5": "passive",
        "6": "caban",
        "7": "middle",
        "8": "cabo",
        "head": "cäb"
      },
      "expansion": "cäb (causative cabsii, passive caban, middle cabo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cab"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cabb",
        "2": "",
        "3": "t"
      },
      "name": "so-conj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cabbi",
        "10": "cabbtay",
        "11": "cabbnaa",
        "12": "cabbtaan",
        "13": "cabbaan",
        "14": "cabbnay",
        "15": "cabbteen",
        "16": "cabbeen",
        "17": "cabbi doonaa",
        "18": "cabbi doontaa",
        "19": "cabbi doonaa",
        "2": "cabbid",
        "20": "cabbi doontaa",
        "21": "cabbi doonnaa",
        "22": "cabbi doontaan",
        "23": "cabbi doonaan",
        "24": "cabbay",
        "25": "cabbtay",
        "26": "cab",
        "27": "cabbtay",
        "28": "cabbnay",
        "29": "cabbte",
        "3": "cabbaa",
        "30": "cabbe",
        "4": "cabbtaa",
        "5": "cabbaa",
        "6": "cabbtaa",
        "7": "cabbay",
        "8": "cabbtay",
        "9": "cabbay",
        "type": "I"
      },
      "name": "so-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
        "Somali lemmas",
        "Somali transitive verbs",
        "Somali verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) drink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʕǣb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʡ͜ʢǣʔ͡p]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cab"
}

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  "msg": "WIKIDATA QUERY failed",
  "path": [
    "cab",
    "Template:cog",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke",
    "Lua:Module:etymology/templates:cognate()"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
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  "title": "cab",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Somali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-02 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.